I had the same problem as martin till 2 minutes ago i am running fiesty and suddenly add/remove program synaptic managere and apt-get didn't work anymore add/remove just opens start to load and just shutdown again the same for the synaptic manager apt-get install does this
~$ sudo apt-get install Password: Reading package lists... Done Segmentation fault (core dumped) apt-get upgrade ~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Segmentation fault (core dumped) and after sudo aptitude update it was fixed perhaps this is really useless information (sorry I am just beginning ) but at the begining of the threat you ask for more information -- apt segmentation faults (core dump) in feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72475 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs