Any idea what this means and how to fix it? :

[root@localhost matt]# apt-get autoclean
Segmentation fault
[root@localhost matt]# apt-get clean
[root@localhost matt]# apt-get install mplayer
Segmentation fault
[root@localhost matt]#

Help appreciated!

apt broken
did you compile it with a bunch of crazy compiler flags or something
or possibly it's a binary for the wrong type of machine ?????

I dont know what you mean by crazy compiler flags, because I didnt mess with anything. I'm working on a brand new Fedora Core 2 installation. And APT worked fine when I did apt-get update and apt-get check and apt-get upgrade.
So I dont really understand why I am running into problems now. Is this a problem I can fix?

Ok, well now even apt-get update doesnt want to work. Coming up with Segmentation fault. This really doesnt make any sense to me, because it worked the very first time I ran it:



Writing source list entries...
NOTE: /etc/apt/sources.list moved to /etc/apt/sources.list.backup !!
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Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
[root@localhost matt]# apt-get check
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
[root@localhost matt]# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
openoffice.org (1.1.1-4 => 1.1.2-10.fc2)
openoffice.org-i18n (1.1.1-4 => 1.1.2-10.fc2)
openoffice.org-libs (1.1.1-4 => 1.1.2-10.fc2)
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 202MB of archives.
After unpacking 332MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Checking GPG signatures...
Committing changes...
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Anyone have any ideas out there on whats happening and what I have to do to get Apt working again?

Does anyone know how I can fix this???

*bump*

download and install apt-get again.

Do I have to first remove/ uninstall anything first? If I have to, how do I do that? Or, does reinstalling apt-get simply fix everything?

Same problem on Ubuntu Hardy. No response in the Ubuntu forums yet. Looks like nobody knows. I hope that changes. using dpkg is tiresome for upgrades

ever tried to compile mplayer from the source? give it a try

vadkutya