*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1848768 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848768
Public bug reported: After upgrading to Kubuntu-19.10 "Eaon" apt-file is no longer working properly. apt-file says the cache is empty no matter how often I execute "apt-file update": $ sudo apt-file update Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease [255 kB] Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security InRelease Hit:7 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease Hit:8 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease Fetched 255 kB in 1s (418 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done All packages are up to date. $ sudo apt-file search foobar Finding relevant cache files to search ...E: The cache is empty. You need to run "apt-file update" first. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 19.10 Release: 19.10 $ apt-cache policy apt-file apt-file: Installed: 3.2.2 Candidate: 3.2.2 Version table: *** 3.2.2 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: apt-file (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848850 Title: Empty cache error cannot be solved by "apt-file update" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-file/+bug/1848850/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs