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PackageKit database disk image malformed

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Every time I use apt, I get the "timeout reached error". Looking at /var/log/syslog, I see:

dbus[619]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' unit='packagekit.service'

systemd[1]: Starting PackageKit Daemon...

PackageKit: daemon start

PackageKit: daemon quit

packagekitd[12925]: Failed to load the backend: Failed to execute statement 'PRAGMA synchronous=OFF': database disk image is malformed

systemd[1]: Started PackageKit Daemon.

gnome-software[2433]: running search with refine-flags=require-icon with timeout=60 with max-results=20 with search=packagek on plugin=snap took 378ms

gnome-software[2433]: running search with refine-flags=require-icon with timeout=60 with max-results=20 with search=packageki on plugin=snap took 432ms

gnome-software[2433]: running search with refine-flags=require-icon with timeout=60 with max-results=20 with search=packagekit on plugin=snap took 231ms

gnome-software[2433]: failed to call gs_plugin_refine on packagekit-refine: failed to resolve package_ids: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PackageKit: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit': timed out

Anyone run into this issue before? Is there any way to repair the database? Or could I just re-install packagekit?

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answered 2 Years ago etzelmortg · Accepted Answer

The following did work:

sudo apt-get remove packagekit

sudo apt-get purge packagekit

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-software

Alternately you should be able to use the following instead:

sudo apt-get remove --purge packagekit

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-software

I had hoped to find a better solution. I did find there's the pkcon command with the repair option, but the relies on packagekitd to be running to interact with the database.

I couldn't find any references online as to where the database was stored, or how to otherwise deal with the issue. Most of the issues relating to PackageKit are regarding Fedora, RedHat or CentOS, so not as helpful.