Public bug reported:
Attempting to update my 17.04 install gave the following message
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the
following error message:
E:Couldn't create temporary file to work with /var/lib/apt/lists
us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_zesty_InRelease - mkstemp (30:Read-only file
system), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
thomas@thomas-P552LJ:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Zesty Zapus (development branch)
Release: 17.04
thomas@thomas-P552LJ:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
E: Couldn't create temporary file to work with
/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_zesty_InRelease - mkstemp
(30: Read-only file system)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
thomas@thomas-P552LJ:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep update-manager
[sudo] password for thomas:
ii python3-update-manager 1:17.04.3
all python 3.x module for update-manager
ii update-manager 1:17.04.3
all GNOME application that manages apt updates
ii update-manager-core 1:17.04.3
all manage release upgrades
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "Output from CLI apt-get update"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682008/+attachment/4860543/+files/apt-get%20update.txt
** Package changed: grub2 (Ubuntu) => update-manager (Ubuntu)
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