Unit packagekit.service is masked

Question

When I update my system using apt update or try to install a new package with aptitude or apt, I receive this error :

Error : GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked : Unit packagekit.service is masked.

I tried this Cannot restart samba, samba.service is masked. This does not fix my problem. I also researched but can't find anything about this problem.

When I run the commands:

 Unit unit.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.

I use Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 - 64 Bit.

Solution

Try the following commands in a terminal:

sudo systemctl unmask packagekit.service
sudo systemctl start packagekit.service

Then reboot.

Comments

[fosslinux]

"When I run the commands:" What does this mean? Which commands did you run?