update manager error

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potential duplicate of bug 257639.

@Jon: do you have packagekit installed?

I /had/ packagekit installed. I removed it after reading the bug linked above. I'll attempt to reproduce this bug in a few hours time.

Following the removal of the package, I can no longer reproduce the bug.

I removed the dpackagekit as recommended but still can't use synaptic or apt-get. When removing the principal file didn't help, I searthed for all file with dpackage in their names and deleted them all.

What's "dpackagekit"?

Maybe it's different in Kubuntu or Xubuntu, but in Ubuntu it's "packagekit". So if you go to terminal and run:

sudo apt-get remove packagekit && sudo apt-get -f install

That should either "do it" or possibly return a message that you need to run autoremove or something.

And if you "searthed for all file with dpackage in their names and deleted them all" you probably really broke some stuff!

To the OP as noted this is a duplicate. No worries, it's good to file bug reports, but it's best to follow the duplicate notices (and if they're wrong say so), anyway what I've noticed is that at least beginning with the Jaunty daily build on 4-10-09 packagekit is NOT installed by default so it's perfectly safe to remove packagekit as described above.

If the -f install command returns something really scary - like removing lots of stuff - please post here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=352

This results in a seimentation error, as it has since before I tried removing the individual files. What's next, a fresh installation?

--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Erick Brunzell <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Erick Brunzell <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 349354] Re: update manager error
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 12:55 PM
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 257639 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257639
>
> What's "dpackagekit"?
>
> Maybe it's different in Kubuntu or Xubuntu, but in
> Ubuntu it's
> "packagekit". So if you go to terminal and run:
>
> sudo apt-get remove packagekit && sudo apt-get -f
> install
>
> That should either "do it" or possibly return a
> message that you need to
> run autoremove or something.
>
> And if you "searthed for all file with dpackage in
> their names and
> deleted them all" you probably really broke some
> stuff!
>
> --
> update manager error
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349354
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> of the bug.

A couple of things come to mind, but the forums would be a better place to take this conversation:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=352

That aside, if you can still use synaptic at all you could use the history option to see what packages you've removed, or possibly the fix broken packages option.

You could also try selecting recovery mode from the boot menu and then when it's done running you'll come back to a menu with several options. From there select dpkg - repair broken packages.

But many at the forums know much more than I do!