Public bug reported: Update-manager told me: "An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: E:can not open /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_zesty-security_InRelease - fopen (13: Permission denied), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened." (This might have occured when I pressed stop to abort downloading new package information (the "apt update" part)) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: update-manager 1:17.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-30.32-generic 4.8.6 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Dec 18 11:08:49 2016 GsettingsChanges: b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'645' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1482054833' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-10 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20161210) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1650870 Title: Could not initialize package information on Zesty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1650870/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs