*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 773850 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773850
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 773850
tzdata fails to upgrade
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** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/807619
Title:
apt updates fail with invalid argument
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That's definitely not a bug in APT, and strange. Maybe filesystem, I do
not know. Reassigning to dpkg, as they are affected by this.
** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) = dpkg (Ubuntu)
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There is a similar error message in the following report, although exploration
seems to have taken off in a different direction there.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/773850
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I had flushed the cache before trying an update of only apt, and
that's the only package which I now saw in the cache.
Very well, I first tried:
$ sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite apt_0.7.25.3ubuntu9.5_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 39902 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to
We are asking to do a command line to fix the bug.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Massimo Forti (maxforti)
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Incomplete? That means I didn't supply some information?
What I expected: That apt would complete without an error.
What happened: Got an error from apt and the program no longer serves its
purpose.
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Sorry, sorry, but my replay was not post! Here it is:
Try to do these commands line:
cd /var/cache/apt/archives then dpkg -i --force-overwrite
all_package_names_listed_at_the_bottom_of_error_output now dpkg
--configure -a
to get the packages left unconfigured.
You may have to repeat the
