[Bug 2091902] Re: packagekit wants to update but cant because it's upposedly not installed

Thu Jan 9 20:48:00 UTC 2025

The next day I tried all commands again and suddenly "sudo apt -f
install" worked without prompting an error anymore.

After that no more problems.

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Title:
  packagekit wants to update but cant because it's upposedly not
  installed

Status in packagekit package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  packagekit wants to update but cant, all measures to fix it result in
  the same error:  you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to
  correct the problem, but that does prompt the error that the package
  is not installed while it is.

  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of packagekit-tools:
   packagekit-tools depends on packagekit (= 1.2.5-2ubuntu3); however:
    Package packagekit is not installed.

  Trying to install anything about this package always results in error: "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to cor
  rect the problem." and that solution does not work but again prompt the error above claiming dependency problems.

  I have tried:
  sudo apt install --reinstall packagekit package-tools
  sudo apt -f install

  The update either says:
  <html>Cannot obtain lock:<br/><br/>E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 
  </html>
  or more rarely
  <html>The PackageKit daemon has crashed:<br/><br/>The PackageKit daemon has crashed</html>

  This bug is probably not a security vulnerability in itself but since
  no security updates can be made since this problem started it is kinda
  one. Since I am not sure if you consider that a security vulnerability
  I will leave the option unmarked.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: packagekit 1.2.5-2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-124.134-generic 5.15.163
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-124-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Mon Dec 16 22:35:40 2024
  SourcePackage: packagekit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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