On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:03:36 +0100 Michael Vogt <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Thanks! If you do not have an _apt user, that appears to be the > problem. If I do: > > $ grep -B2 _apt /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst > > I see that the postinst tries to create such a user. Is there anything > unusual about your system that might prevent creating this user? > > Thanks, > Michael >
Nothing unusual about my system, as far as I know. As you can see, similar reports are posted by others (I didn't open this bug report either). This is the output for me:
# add unprivileged user for the apt methods adduser --force-badname --system --home /nonexistent \ --no-create-home --quiet _apt || true # Fixup any mistake in the home directory of the _apt user if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 1.1~exp10~; then usermod --home /nonexistent _apt
