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  1. Xenial (16.04)
  2. Bug #1522675
  3. Comment #28

Comment 28 for bug 1522675

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Bill Miller (wbmilleriii) wrote : Re: /root/.synaptic/ not created due to locking status

It's not just synaptic. Happens with aptitude as well. I suspect it's a new requirement for a user named '_apt' which doesn't exist (because it wasn't added).