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E: Problem executing scripts APT Update::Post-Invoke-Success error during apt-get update

I cannot install any package. It seems the command apt-get update must be run but it throws some errors: $ sudo apt-get update Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB] Hit:2 http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu…
Shirley Temple
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appstreamcli hanging with 100% CPU usage during update

appstreamcli is overheating my laptop by constantly using 100% of a core. My only solution is to kill it. Here's a screenshot of top: I can kill appstreamcli with either sudo kill pid or sudo killall appstreamcli. But once I do sudo apt update, the…
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E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success

I am getting the following error when I run sudo apt update Aborted (core dumped) Reading package lists... Done E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-info -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then…
subrat
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What is AppStream? Why is it installed? What is it doing?

There's another question about AppStream that has —for better or worse— focussed on what seems to be a particular bug in AppStream but that left me realising I don't have a clue what this thing actually is. man appstreamcli (the application taking…
Oli
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appstreamcli: AppStream system cache was updated, but problems were found: Metadata files have errors: /var/cache/app-info/xmls/fwupd.xml

How do I get rid of this? $ sudo apt-get update Hit:1 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease …
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Ubuntu 16.04: appstreamcli error while get-update

I am trying to enable WiFi. I tried sudo apt-get update. But I am getting this error: The AppStream system cache was updated, but some errors were detected, which might lead to missing metadata. Refer to the verbose log for more information. Reading…
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Is it safe to upgrade appstream if APT has kept it back?

I ran apt upgrade the other day, and got this: The following packages have been kept back: appstream According to a related question somewhere on this site, appstream is safe to even remove. How do I know if upgrading it is safe, and what will…
Gallifreyan
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appstreamcli: Detected colliding ids: XY.desktop was already added with the same priority

I have recently found that when running sudo apt-get update on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 (though it is the same on all flavours) that this is the output: Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB] Hit:2…
user364819
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Metadata and appstream Error while Updating

I am getting an error while updating as a root. After Update log below error was shown in terminal. AppStream system cache was updated, but problems were found: Metadata files have errors: /var/cache/app-info/xmls/fwupd.xml Reading package lists...…
Vineet Jain
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do-release-upgrade results in error: APT / GLib-Critical / apstreamcli / libappstream

i am currently trying to do-release-upgrade an Ubuntu 17.10 install to 18.04.6 LTS via 'sudo do-release-upgrade'. Sadly, the process does not finish, as it return the following very quickly: (appstreamcli:26495): GLib-CRITICAL **:…
ledertasche
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GPG verification enabled, but no signatures found in Gnome Software

"Software" keeps telling me there are updates but every time I click the notification, I don't get to see any updates because there's an error: Sorry, something went wrong: While pulling appstream2/x86_64 from remote org.pitivi.Pitivi-origin:…
Oli
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How to handle appstream:// links in Ubuntu?

I have some AppStream links (for ex.: appstream://org.kde.k3b.desktop) that I want to open, I tried to find an app to open them but couldn't find any, so any ideas on how to do this ?
Cool_Omar
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How does Discover decide which applications it should feature?

Kubuntu's software management suite is called Discover (or plasma-discover if you're using a terminal) and is analogous to the Ubuntu Software Center (or gnome-software). Its main panel displays a list of featured applications. How is this list…
DK Bose
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Apt update failing after updating appstream

this issue is linked to how I can fix "AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors."?" I had similar problem as described in issue and the approved solution stated that we should update appstream to version…
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Updating package lists in 16.04

I'm running 16.04 from a thumb drive and receiving an error message when I attempt to update package lists. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release i386 (20180228) xenial InRelease Hit:2…
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