Re: Synaptic error
On Mon 13 Apr 2020 at 08:54:25 (+0300), Reco wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 06:50:04PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > On Sun 12 Apr 2020 at 15:46:45 (+0200), tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 08:43:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > Using Synaptic I:
> > > > 1. searched package names for "info"
> > > > 2. selected it
> > > > 3. clicked Apply
> > > > 4. received error message saying
> > > > >E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2: No such file or directory)
> > > > >E: Could not open file descriptor -1
> > > > >E: Unable to lock the download directory
> > >
> > > Question: is there a /var/cache/apt/archives directory? There should
> > > be one.
> >
> > The impression given by the FHS is that, upon deletion, the system
> > should be able to recreate anything in a cache directory.
>
> That is assuming that the cache directory itself is existing (i.e.
> /var/cache, and everything down the filesystem hierarchy that's needed).
> Note that FHS part you're quoting specifically refers to the "files",
> not anything else.
I think you're right, of course, and it's probably necessary to dpkg -S
(or grep /var/lib/dpkg/info/*list) for the directory/ies, and reinstall
their creator, apt, after manually downloading it (in the absence of
hints given here).
Cheers,
David.
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