On 04/29/2009 04:01 PM, James Westby wrote: > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 20:37 +0000, Sb wrote: > >>> can you try a "apt-cache pkgname gnome-" without the sudo and tell us if >>> you have a result? >>> >>> >> Without the sudo it says "E: Opening configuration file >> /etc/apt/apt.conf - ifstream::ifstream (13 Permission denied)" >> > > That's the issue then. > > If you make this file world-readable (after checking there is nothing > sensitive in there) then it should work. > > Thanks, > > James > >
Sure enough, I did a "sudo chmod 777 /etc/apt/apt.conf" and it works. So it would appear that a deb package or a post-install script in the alternate install CD is wrongly setting the permissions on that file. Thanks a lot! -- apt-get Bash Autocompletion Not Working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368361 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
