*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 546607 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546607
I will describe my sympthoms:
Fresh install of KUbuntu 10.10.
I log in and get connected to a WiFi connection. I run the rekonq new embedded
web browser and it offers details about some packages to be installed (flash
player, etcetera). I try to install those and I am asked for authentication. I
choose my username and try to type in a password but nothing happens.
Apparently, password pop-up dialogs have some trouble in this new release,
because nothing gets written. So I can not authenticate and install the
packages.
So I try Firefox web browser instead, but it does not come preinstalled. I have
to install it and I am asked again for password confirmation, and again it
won't work.
So I try tu update my package list and web browsers from the terminal. I try
apt-get, aptitude and synaptic, but none of them will work. I enter
/var/lib/dpkg and sudo rename the archive 'lock' into 'lock_old' and try to run
apt-get again, but to no avail.
I try kdesudo kpackagekit and it says that I need to update my software source
(as I if didn't know by now...), but when I try, a message appears telling that
the package cache could not be opened.
And that is it. I hope that you can help me. The patch above does not help me
clarify the problem or its solution because I do not understand what it is or
how to use it, and I think that the average user wouldn't either.
Cheers
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578605
Title:
kpackagekit can't update package cache
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