I had this issue too on 22.04. Started after an update where an error occurred "The Pakagekit daemon has crashed". After that I tried "sudo dpkg --configure -a" but that failed too at the PackageKit update. Like described in the report above.
But during this step some other updates was installed correctly, so not a complete fail. After that I tried "sudo apt --fix-broken install" as suggested in an update error message. That command updated the PackageKit and packagekit-tools correctly and after that I was able to update everything else, so all packages now are up to date. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to packagekit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2091902 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/2091902/+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
