Public bug reported:
My /var/cache/apt/archives directory is mounted as a tmpfs partition,
therefore after a fresh boot, the directory is empty.
In such a situation, synaptic fails to install any package with the
following error:
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
Workaround to repair synaptic for current session:
sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
sudo touch /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo chmod 640 /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
synaptic should silently create those files if they are missing, instead
of failing, like apt does.
** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Synaptic can't install a package if /var/cache/apt/archives does not
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