I guess most people will get this error using tmpfs in /etc/fstab because they use a SSD in their system. So a quick fix is to simply add a line for /var/log/apt as well - as proposed in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC/Using#Reducing%20Drive%20Writes
tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /var/log/apt tmpfs defaults 0 0 But anyway, the segmentation fault should be fixed. -- apt-get always crash with Segmentation fault (core dumped) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/535509 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs