To solve this, execute, sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
apt related cache and index are somewhat problematic, I personally at least experienced twice. Cause is unknown (or it should be fixed now), the solution is to delete cache and index (and execute #sudo update-apt- xapian-index). -- Synaptic Package Manager closes with segmentation fault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400362 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs