Likelihood is the apt cache is corrupt. $ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
should do it, unless you have deb-src enabled in which case you'll also need: $ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin HTH 2009/8/1 Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > > I'm on 8.10, and had a few problems when trying to update to 9.04 (it > failed to download some packages). I restored my backup, and now have > a different problem. > > I think I managed to do some updates after restoring the backup, but > I'm not 100% on the timing since I've been on holiday. Now when I try > to use either Update-Manager or aptitude on the command line to update > my sources, I get a segfault and the check fails. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Cofion/Regards, > Neil. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
