Public bug reported:
I am running Kubuntu.
Since Oct 1 I have upgraded to:
cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
I issue an apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade about twice a day.
Earlier today (Oct 14, 2008) I ran the update at work, then shutdown my
laptop. The shutdown hung so I had to hold the power button to kill it.
At home I started the laptop and tried to do another apt-get update.
However I get the following error:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (2 No such file or
direcotry)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
ls /var/lib
aptitude dictionaries-common gems initramfs-tools update-notifier urandom
I then forced a fsck check by running 'touch /forcefsck' and rebooted.
(Note: My shutdown hung again and I had to hold the power button down
again). The fsck didn't report anything bad with my disk.
Is my disk going bad, or did my most recent update wipe out my
/var/lib/apt & dpkg directories? Or is this god punishing me for running
too many updates a day :)
By the way running 'apt-cache policy packagename' as suggested in the Report a
bug guideline results in:
E: Could no open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2 No such file or directory)
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[intrepid] apt-get /var/lib/apt and /var/lib/dpkg missing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283529
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