Based on Brian's comment, marking wont-fix. Not the end of the world, just less than ideal.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1749222 Title: apport-collect requires python2 Status in apport package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apport source package in Xenial: Won't Fix Bug description: I'm booted into a 16.04 maas rescue environment. $ apport-collect You need to run 'sudo apt-get install python-apport' for apport-collect to work. running the provided command will get me a python2 stack. python3-apport is already installed. python3 should be used. I then tried a stock bionic container, and run the same. The message changes to suggest python3-apport. root@b1:~# apport-collect You need to run 'sudo apt-get install python3-apport' for apport-collect to work. That seems better. However, python3-apport is already installed. # sudo apt-get install python3-apport Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done python3-apport is already the newest version (2.20.8-0ubuntu8). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Feb 13 15:38:43 2018 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apport UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Related bugs: * bug 1748621: apport-collect won't work (bionic) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1749222/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp