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[Daniel van Vugt <vanvugt@xxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 659438 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659438

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 659438
   Installation/Removal fails because of package which could not be located (failure in apt.Cache.required_download)

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Title:
  Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
  packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
  trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)   File
  "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1092, in
  _simulate_helper     return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 235, in
  required_download     pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list,
  self._records) SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the
  xsane-common package. This might mean you need to manually fix this
  package.

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I purchased The Clockwork Man : Hidden World. Tried to install and received the following error: An unhandlable error occured 
  There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks.

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
      trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1092, in _simulate_helper
      return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 235, in required_download
      pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
  SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the xsane-common package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

  
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Nov  3 17:54:13 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (5 days ago)

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