Eror while updating packages from terminal in linux mint

Question

i need help. since 5 days before, i tried to update packages in Mint using this command

sudo apt update

but, at the end of the process, the terminal gives me traceback

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/cnf-update-db", line 8, in from CommandNotFound.db.creator import DbCreator File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/CommandNotFound/db/creator.py", line 11, in import apt_pkg ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg' Reading package lists... Done E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/lib/command-not-found/ -a -e /usr/lib/cnf-update-db; then /usr/lib/cnf-update-db > /dev/null; fi' E: Sub-process returned an error code

i tried to find the solution to fix this, but i can't. does anyone have a solution?

Does this answer your question? [python-dev installation error: ImportError: No module named apt\_pkg](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13708180/python-dev-installation-error-importerror-no-module-named-apt-pkg) — Mohammad Moallemi, Feb 17 '21 at 16:48

Pranjalya · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-21T12:44:26.720

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If the apt-get also doesn't work, can you try this? Most probably, apt_pkg is not in the correct path.

cd /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages

ls -la /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages

Look for any file of the format apt_pkg.cpython- and so on. Copy that file's name. And replace apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so with the copied file's name in the command below, and hit enter.

sudo cp apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so apt_pkg.so

edited Jun 21 '20 at 12:44

answered Jun 20 '20 at 04:36

Pranjalya

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i tried this, and the result still error cp: cannot stat 'apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so': No such file or director – beruntungbesar29 Jun 21 '20 at 05:52
Try this : `sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3-apt`. Was the apt_pkg file not visible after listing files, i.e. above second step? – Pranjalya Jun 21 '20 at 08:00
this is apt_pkg, isn't it? -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 322972 Jan 25 05:06 apt_pkg.cpython-36m-i386-linux-gnu.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8900 Jan 25 05:06 apt_pkg.pyi – beruntungbesar29 Jun 21 '20 at 09:05
Okay, I'll modify my answer based on your needs. Try that. – Pranjalya Jun 21 '20 at 12:41
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i tried it, and it works! i can update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, and autoremove with no error. thanks for your help brother – beruntungbesar29 Jun 22 '20 at 01:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '22 at 07:53

I also had the issue with "cp: cannot stat 'apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so': No such file or directory while I was as super user. I did the same command withouth the sudo command and it worked fine. I have in my system python 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7, so I do not think the version of python is a problem.

cp apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86-64-linux-gnu.so.so apt_pkg.so

I hope this help someone now at 2022 :D

Regards.

Eror while updating packages from terminal in linux mint

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