Bug 1010716

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Another user experienced a similar problem:

my command in a terminal: apt-get install postgresql

reporter:       libreport-2.1.11
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        apt-get install postgresql
crash_function: luaD_throw
executable:     /usr/bin/apt-get
kernel:         3.12.8-300.fc20.x86_64
package:        apt-0.5.15lorg3.95-9.git522.1.fc20
reason:         apt-get killed by SIGABRT
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            0

Another user experienced a similar problem:

trying to install w32codecs using apt-get as root

reporter:       libreport-2.1.12
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        apt-get install w32codecs
crash_function: luaD_throw
executable:     /usr/bin/apt-get
kernel:         3.12.9-301.fc20.i686+PAE
package:        apt-0.5.15lorg3.95-9.git522.1.fc20
reason:         apt-get killed by SIGABRT
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            0

I am unable to install DEB packages with apt on Fedora due to this bug. Any idea what might be wrong?

You cannot install DEB packages on Fedora, and apt is not relevant to that inability.

(In reply to Panu Matilainen from comment #13)
> You cannot install DEB packages on Fedora, and apt is not relevant to that
> inability.

Thanks, then I'd suggest to alter apt's package description "APT-RPM is a port of Debian's apt tools for RPM based distributions. It provides the apt-get utility that provides a simple, safe way to install and upgrade packages." that it does not "install and upgrade packages" on Fedora.

I think you're misunderstanding the meaning of "port" here: apt-rpm does just the same (install and upgrade packages etc) as apt on Debian, but apt-rpm works on RPM packages, not DEB. So you can use apt-rpm to manage Fedora packages.

All that said, you'll be better off using the "native" package managers, yum or the newcomer dnf. The apt-rpm project is long since rather dead.

Ah, thanks a lot for the explanation, and sorry for my ignorance. Originally I hoped to be able to install DEBs on Fedora; for day to day use I am with dnf.

Another user experienced a similar problem:

Installed apt, apt-cache-ng and the apt-update package. source list building went fine, when I tried to perform apt-get search dropbox, the error occurred.

reporter:       libreport-2.2.2
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        apt-cache search dropbox
crash_function: luaD_throw
executable:     /usr/bin/apt-cache
kernel:         3.14.3-200.fc20.x86_64
package:        apt-0.5.15lorg3.95-9.git522.1.fc20
reason:         apt-cache killed by SIGABRT
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            0

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