[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 check and update your headers if that dint work. its the only other thing I did. but i think its the one simple line up there that did it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 completing this one command seemed to work for me sudo apt install --reinstall update-notifier-common no more error in synaptic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu