I have fixed the bug by deleting /var/lib/apt-xapian- index/cataloged_times.p
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073121 Title: update-apt-xapian-index thows an exception in Python code Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: $ sudo update-apt-xapian-index No handlers could be found for logger "softwarecenter.db.update" Reading .desktop files from /usr/share/app-install/desktop/: done. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 101, in <module> if not indexer.setupIndexing(force=opts.force, system=opts.pkgfile is None): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 513, in setupIndexing addon.obj.init(dict(values=self.values), self.progress) File "/usr/share/apt-xapian-index/plugins/cataloged_time.py", line 72, in init self._package_cataloged_time = cPickle.load(open(self._packages_cataloged_file)) ValueError: insecure string pickle ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: python2.7 2.7.3-5ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 30 13:17:17 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-01-31 (638 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: python2.7 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-25 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1073121/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp