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Fresh install of Lubuntu

Installed updates from synaptic

Installed wine and components from synaptic, upon what I assume is completion it popped this error code.

Is it something I should rush to fix?

Dwight Mitchell
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  • I faced with this error when I am downloading the package. It is related with this bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280) and I ran `apt-get install --download-only ` instead of `apt download ` – uzay95 Jun 06 '21 at 16:55
  • I had similar problem when trying to upgrade zoom. Opening the .deb in software center GUI only showed the option to remove the old version, while trying to update with `sudo apt install zoom_amd64.deb` started to update the existing installation but failed with the error message mentioned above. – Ingo Steinke Jan 25 '22 at 13:36
  • apt-get install --download-only won't download the package if it is already installed, so this is not equivalent – Jan Wilmans Oct 17 '22 at 06:55

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This is a known bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280

They suggest running the following command:

sudo chown _apt /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/

Give it a try and see if it fixes the issue.

darksky
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