Thank you and sorry I didn't reply right away. To quickly clear up the situation:
I did manage to install the upgrade, it was just a matter of setting the permissions right. /var/cache/apt/archives/ as well as /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ did exist but the former had permissions 0700. It seems the check for the "partial" directory happens before root privileges are acquired. Update-manager should probably issue an error message though or try with setuid root instead of failing silently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772939 Title: Upgrade fails silently with missing directory permissions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
