i installed packagekit and i get this error each time i reboot

Dear Manzur, the error message you receive is not included in your bug report...

sorry i forgot

1. I get this error when i try to install i new software from packagekit
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An Internal system error has ocurred
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
Error Value: PackageKitAptBackend instance has no attribute 'installedVersion'
  File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/get-description.py , line 17, in <module>
    backend.get_description(package)
  File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py , line 311, in get_description
    pkg = Package(self._apt_cache[name], self)
  File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py , line 48, in __init__
    if self.installed_version!=None and self._cmp_deps(version,self.installed_version):
  File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py , line 155, in installed_version
    return self._pkg.installedVersion
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2. The action did not complete
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3. An Internal system error has ocurred
Spawn of helper '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/install.py googleearth-package
0.5.2
all
Ubuntu/hardy' failed
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And this is the error i get each time i reboot

Spawn of helper '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/get-updates.py' failed

In a small notification in the right down corner of the screen

From what I'm reading on the forums, the apt backend for PackageKit is not complete.
Now I will check if this bug report has already been filed upstream...
Thanks for your contribution, Manzur...

maybe this could help!
look the attachment

I installed packagekit to test things out.

For starters, the file /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/get-updates.py does not exist! The contents of /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt are:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 16K 2008-03-09 15:55 aptBackend.py*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 552 2008-03-09 15:55 get-description.py*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 521 2008-03-09 15:55 refresh-cache.py*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 589 2008-03-09 15:55 search-details.py*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 586 2008-03-09 15:55 search-file.py*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 587 2008-03-09 15:55 search-group.py*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 586 2008-03-09 15:55 search-name.py*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 18K 2008-08-30 09:42 aptBackend.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 370 2008-08-30 09:42 get-description.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 336 2008-08-30 09:42 refresh-cache.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 406 2008-08-30 09:42 search-details.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 400 2008-08-30 09:42 search-file.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 402 2008-08-30 09:42 search-group.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 400 2008-08-30 09:42 search-name.pyc

This might have to do with the fact that hardy includes packagekit 0.1.6 (interpid will include 0.2.4), while the latest version is 0.3.1 (2008-08-27). I will install from source and tell you if the issue is resolved. If it is, we should change the bug description to "upgrade packagekit to 0.3.1", if not I will file the bug upstream...

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On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 12:34 +0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug:
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> /usr/share/packagekit/helpers/apt/get-updates.py
>
> if you need more information please ask, i i am able to answer

Hi,

Is that the error that you get? If not could you please
provide the exact error message?

Where do you get the error? On your console as you shutdown?
In a dialog box before you quit? In a notification bubble
when after rebooting?

Thanks,

James

Hi,

Sorry, as I am subscribed to the package I only got the
first message when the bug was re-assigned. I see that you
provided more information now.

Are you running Hardy or Intrepid? If it is the latter we will soon
have a new packagekit version available, and it would be great
if you could try that version to see how it works.

Thanks,

James

Ah, a little investigation shows that you must be using an old
version (from packagekit's perspective, it has had several releases
recently). The apt backend has been re-written, so I can't directly
check if these problems are present.

Thanks,

James

i am using hardy ubuntu 8.04.1

It is confirmed that the version of packagekit included in hardy (0.1.6) does not include the file get-updates.py, but still makes calls to it...

I couldn't build 0.3.1 (or even 0.2.4) from source, because (after having to install libpolkit-dbus-dev libpolkit-grant-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libsqlite3-dev libglib2.0-dev gettext), it wanted polkit 0.8 and hardy has 0.7. This was becoming a bit too much for me. When Intrepid becomes a bit more stable, I will try out Packagekit there...

In the meantime, I would suggest to upgrade the version of packagekit in both intrepid and hardy...

I uploaded recent packagekit packages for Hardy to the following ppa:

https://launchpad.net/~packagekit/+archive

I don't think that it makes any sense to fix the outdated apt backend of the 0.1.x series, since there are no serious users and it is in bad shape.

The modern 0.3.x series of packagekit requires versions of policykit and dbus-glib which are not available in Hardy.

So this bug will never be fixed.

ok, a philosophical question: ubuntu uses the apt packaging system. if the version of packagekit included in hardy has a non-functional apt backend, why is it in the repositories? i would suggest either updating to a more recent version (one that works with apt, but does not require polkit 0.8) or somehow removing it... including is was in my opinion a bad decision...

manzur, have you tried what sebastian asked you above?

I am using Hardy 8.04 64bit, and I saw the same message popping up lately, I tried what Sebastian Heinlein suggested and it disappeared.
Thanks

closing as won't fix