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Public bug reported:

I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 dev with apt 1.0.9.3ubuntu1 and if
/var/cache/apt/archives/partial is not accessible "apt-get download"
doesn't download the requested package. Here are 2 examples (missing
directory and insufficient permissions because the user permissions
(which are restrictive in this case) got inherited with sudo):

sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -fr /var/cache/apt
sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ apt-get download nvidia-settings
E: Archives directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. - Acquire (2: No such file or directory)
sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get download nvidia-settings
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main nvidia-settings amd64 346.35-0ubuntu1 [936 kB]
Fetched 936 kB in 2s (392 kB/s)          
sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ apt-get download nvidia-settings
E: Archives directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. - Acquire (13: Permission denied)

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  "apt-get download" fails if /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is not
  accessible

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 dev with apt 1.0.9.3ubuntu1 and if
  /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is not accessible "apt-get download"
  doesn't download the requested package. Here are 2 examples (missing
  directory and insufficient permissions because the user permissions
  (which are restrictive in this case) got inherited with sudo):

  sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -fr /var/cache/apt
  sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ apt-get download nvidia-settings
  E: Archives directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. - Acquire (2: No such file or directory)
  sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get download nvidia-settings
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main nvidia-settings amd64 346.35-0ubuntu1 [936 kB]
  Fetched 936 kB in 2s (392 kB/s)          
  sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ apt-get download nvidia-settings
  E: Archives directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. - Acquire (13: Permission denied)

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