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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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...…
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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:…
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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 ?
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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…
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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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Running command sudo apt-get update, getting error "Error while moving old databse out of the way" App stream cache update failed

Error while moving old database out of the way. App stream cache update failed
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