2009/10/6 mac <[email protected]>: > Tried to install an application this morning, and kept getting segfault. > Same issue whether I used apt/aptitude or synaptic. A look at the > logs showed entries (first starting yesterday) of the form > > Oct 6 09:09:27 mac-desktop kernel: [11269.364059] apt-get[11426]: > segfault at b8e8401c ip b7f6b70c sp bfb261e0 error 4 in > libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7.0[b7f35000+bf000] > > (different entries have slight variations in the hex references, apart > from the ones in square brackets after the filename, which are always > the same.) > > The system has been restarted in the normal way a couple of times since > yesterday. There have been routine updates yesterday and today. > > I'm out of my depth here, so I'd be grateful for any advice! > > TIA > > mac
The following was posted to me when I started having this problem. I didn't have to use it, but it might help you... 2009/8/2 Jonathon Fernyhough <[email protected]>: > Likelihood is the apt cache is corrupt. > > $ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin > > should do it, unless you have deb-src enabled in which case you'll also need: > > $ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin > > HTH Cofion, Neil. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
