I've the same problem - after upgrading to 16.04 xenial I get the same pop-up window.
Failure to download extra data files The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed. lovefilm-desktop, wine-browser-installer, wine-silverlight5.1-installer The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection. [x64 stacktrace] SourcePackage: apt Stacktrace: #0 0x00007fb73069f418 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:54 resultvar = 0 pid = 8080 selftid = 8080 #1 0x00007fb7306a101a in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89 save_stage = 2 act = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x0, sa_sigaction = 0x0}, sa_mask = {__val = {0, 140424771724608, 140424768269103, 140424771724608, 1, 10, 140424768784912, 10, 140424771729264, 140424785635104, 140424768784912, 1, 140424785637456, 93987686793024, 140424771729264, 140424785635136}}, sa_flags = 818763904, sa_restorer = 0x557b36af9dc8} sigs = {__val = {32, 0 <repeats 15 times>}} #2 0x00007fb730cd884d in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007fb730cd66b6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007fb730cd6701 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007fb730cd6919 in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007fb730cff3e7 in std::__throw_out_of_range_fmt(char const*, ...) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #7 0x00007fb731282546 in pkgAcquire::Worker::RunMessages() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #8 0x00007fb731282c9c in pkgAcquire::Worker::InFdReady() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #9 0x00007fb73128430a in pkgAcquire::RunFdsSane(fd_set*, fd_set*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #10 0x00007fb731287b52 in pkgAcquire::Run(int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #11 0x00007fb730fe5503 in AcquireRun(pkgAcquire&, int, bool*, bool*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0 No symbol table info available. #12 0x0000557b349c7c06 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #13 0x00007fb7312b17a6 in CommandLine::DispatchArg(CommandLine::Dispatch const*, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #14 0x00007fb730fe0df3 in DispatchCommandLine(CommandLine&, std::vector<CommandLine::Dispatch, std::allocator<CommandLine::Dispatch> > const&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0 No symbol table info available. #15 0x0000557b349c665c in ?? () No symbol table info available. #16 0x00007fb73068a830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x557b349c65d0, argc=5, argv=0x7ffd7842c448, init=<optimised out>, fini=<optimised out>, rtld_fini=<optimised out>, stack_end=0x7ffd7842c438) at ../csu/libc-start.c:291 result = <optimised out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {0, 7365791385207139403, 93987652003568, 140726621094976, 0, 0, 3689597641234541643, 3720120443841506379}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x7ffd7842c478, 0x7fb7317b4168}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 2017641592}}} not_first_call = <optimised out> #17 0x0000557b349c6719 in ?? () No symbol table info available. StacktraceAddressSignature: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper:6:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.23.so+35418:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.23.so+3701a:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.21+8f84d:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.21+8d6b6:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.21+8d701:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.21+8d919:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.21+b63e7:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0.0+64546:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0.0+64c9c:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0.0+6630a:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0.0+69b52:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0.0+1a503:/usr/lib/apt/apt-helper+3c06:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0.0+937a6:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0.0+15df3 StacktraceTop: __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 std::__throw_out_of_range_fmt(char const*, ...) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 Tags: xenial ThreadStacktrace: . Thread 1 (LWP 8080): #0 0x00007fb73069f418 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:54 resultvar = 0 pid = 8080 selftid = 8080 #1 0x00007fb7306a101a in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89 save_stage = 2 act = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x0, sa_sigaction = 0x0}, sa_mask = {__val = {0, 140424771724608, 140424768269103, 140424771724608, 1, 10, 140424768784912, 10, 140424771729264, 140424785635104, 140424768784912, 1, 140424785637456, 93987686793024, 140424771729264, 140424785635136}}, sa_flags = 818763904, sa_restorer = 0x557b36af9dc8} sigs = {__val = {32, 0 <repeats 15 times>}} #2 0x00007fb730cd884d in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007fb730cd66b6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007fb730cd6701 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007fb730cd6919 in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007fb730cff3e7 in std::__throw_out_of_range_fmt(char const*, ...) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 No symbol table info available. #7 0x00007fb731282546 in pkgAcquire::Worker::RunMessages() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #8 0x00007fb731282c9c in pkgAcquire::Worker::InFdReady() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #9 0x00007fb73128430a in pkgAcquire::RunFdsSane(fd_set*, fd_set*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #10 0x00007fb731287b52 in pkgAcquire::Run(int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #11 0x00007fb730fe5503 in AcquireRun(pkgAcquire&, int, bool*, bool*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0 No symbol table info available. #12 0x0000557b349c7c06 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #13 0x00007fb7312b17a6 in CommandLine::DispatchArg(CommandLine::Dispatch const*, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 No symbol table info available. #14 0x00007fb730fe0df3 in DispatchCommandLine(CommandLine&, std::vector<CommandLine::Dispatch, std::allocator<CommandLine::Dispatch> > const&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0 No symbol table info available. #15 0x0000557b349c665c in ?? () No symbol table info available. #16 0x00007fb73068a830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x557b349c65d0, argc=5, argv=0x7ffd7842c448, init=<optimised out>, fini=<optimised out>, rtld_fini=<optimised out>, stack_end=0x7ffd7842c438) at ../csu/libc-start.c:291 result = <optimised out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {0, 7365791385207139403, 93987652003568, 140726621094976, 0, 0, 3689597641234541643, 3720120443841506379}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x7ffd7842c478, 0x7fb7317b4168}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 2017641592}}} not_first_call = <optimised out> #17 0x0000557b349c6719 in ?? () No symbol table info available. Title: apt-helper crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-04 (5 days ago) _MarkForUpload: True -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1538438 Title: apt-helper crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Errors Bucket ------------- https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=/usr/lib/apt/apt-helper%3A6%3A__gnu_cxx%3A%3A__verbose_terminate_handler%3A__cxxabiv1%3A%3A__terminate%3Astd%3A%3Aterminate%3A__cxxabiv1%3A%3A__cxa_throw%3Astd%3A%3A__throw_out_of_range_fmt Original Description -------------------- After installing flashplugin-installer I get a prompt noting: [START] Failure to download extra data files The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed. flashplugin-installer The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection. [END] Clicking the button Run this action now causes this crash consistently. Unfortunately, this has the negative outcome of disallowing folks who use Firefox from being able to update, or install Flash. There are a fair number of these events logged in errors.ubuntu.com. ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: apt 1.1.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 27 01:36:34 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-25 (276 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20151228.1.orig.tar.gz /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20151228.1.orig.tar.gz SHA256:d322547d4542eeed2f57469cc0d3c10e9a55af6632c05be9fe8b6c6a0dbcffdb ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) Signal: 6SourcePackage: apt StacktraceTop: __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 std::__throw_out_of_range_fmt(char const*, ...) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 Title: apt-helper crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-01-27 (0 days ago) UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1538438/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp