I have had the same bug in apper since my last update, and I have found a possible cause and a solution that doesn't require adding the custom packagekit deb's (this couldn't work for me because aptitude couldn't satisfy the dependencies and when i dpkg -fi them all, they broke). I noticed that there were two backends and that the one selected was the smart one. So, in synaptic, i did a complete removal of apper, (i left apper-data and this didn't break anything), i then removed everything packagekit. I then installed just the packagekit-aptcc backend package only. PackageKit (had unsatisfied dependencies). After that was done, i opened a terminal and typed
sudo apt-get update (do not run upgrade as we want to use this to test apper) sudo apt-get autoremove sudo aptitude install apper (at first, it couldn't satisfy the dependencies so i typed "n" to not accept it's solution, then it gave me one that removed packages, mostly ia-32 support and i386 multiarch and a few other misc. packages, but installed apper, so i selected yes. Now, we can launch apper, click updates, click refresh, and update all packages. My first update was successful (first time in a long time). After this, i installed a package from appers package manager and that too was a success. Hopes this helps! Sincerly, Tom Travers Company Executive TTPC Systems DBA http://www.facebook.com/pages/TTPC-Systems/152690224767086 __________________________________________________________ Here is my source list sources.list # Debian deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free #google-chrome deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main # Linux Netflix App # Please note that you have to use a recent ubuntu dist template to install on debian deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ehoover/compholio/ubuntu/ quantal main # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ehoover/compholio/ubuntu/ quantal main
