Is this still an issue in Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)? (Pretty much none of the
code used in Xenial exists anymore in its previous form)
** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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Title:
update fails, "AppStream cache update failed."
Status in appstream package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Booted 16.04 amd64 from DVD, opened a gnome-terminal and ran,
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
xenial InRelease
Hit:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
xenial Release
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [94.5 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
[119 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,201 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [568 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main Translation-en
[45.3 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 DEP-11
Metadata [44.0 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main DEP-11 64x64
Icons [50.8 kB]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/restricted amd64
DEP-11 Metadata [158 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
[733 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [409
kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
[252 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main Translation-en
[99.8 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 DEP-11
Metadata [186 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main DEP-11 64x64
Icons [150 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/restricted amd64
DEP-11 Metadata [157 B]
Fetched 4,293 kB in 1s (2,360 kB/s)
** (appstreamcli:2593): CRITICAL **: Error while moving old database out of
the way.
AppStream cache update failed.
Reading package lists... Done
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: appstream 0.9.4-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jul 11 19:24:40 2016
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: appstream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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