After the last update this happened:
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
Reading package lists... Done
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
What's this? How do I solve it?
The latest command and results obtained:
$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/certbot/certbot/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/apache2/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic InRelease [20.8 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [368 kB]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [51.7 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [729 kB]
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Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [24.3 kB]
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Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/restricted amd64 Packages [6,712 B]
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Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [604 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [979 kB]
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Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [1,003 kB]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [201 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [6,788 B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [7,312 B]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [4,688 B]
Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse i386 Packages [4,152 B]
Fetched 6,424 kB in 4s (1,604 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
landscape-common libidn2-0 libnss-systemd libpam-systemd libpython2.7 libpython2.7-dev libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3.6 libpython3.6-minimal
libpython3.6-stdlib libsystemd0 libudev1 linux-libc-dev memcached python2.7 python2.7-dev python2.7-minimal python3.6 python3.6-minimal systemd systemd-sysv udev
23 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 44.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libnss-systemd amd64 237-3ubuntu10.29 [105 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 libidn2-0 amd64 2.2.0-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 [66.4 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libsystemd0 amd64 237-3ubuntu10.29 [204 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libpam-systemd amd64 237-3ubuntu10.29 [108 kB]
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Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libpython2.7-dev amd64 2.7.15-4ubuntu4~18.04.1 [28.3 MB]
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Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libpython2.7-stdlib amd64 2.7.15-4ubuntu4~18.04.1 [1,915 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 python2.7-minimal amd64 2.7.15-4ubuntu4~18.04.1 [1,293 kB]
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Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 linux-libc-dev amd64 4.15.0-62.69 [1,124 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 memcached amd64 1.5.6-0ubuntu1.2 [109 kB]
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update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-60-generic
$ sudo apt-get install linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
linux-headers-4.15.0-62 linux-headers-4.15.0-62-generic linux-image-4.15.0-62-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-62-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-62-generic
Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-doc-4.15.0 | linux-source-4.15.0 linux-tools
Recommended packages:
thermald
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
$ sudo apt-get update
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
/usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference
Reading package lists... Done
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process http returned an error code (127)
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/InRelease
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-backports/InRelease
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-security/InRelease
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/certbot/certbot/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/apache2/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Best Answer
As per Launchpad bug 1843507, comment #4 worked for me, at least temporarily.
Update: From the bug report, this appears to only affect those using PHP from launchpad.net/~ondrej
Update: Ondřej has released an update for his PHP build already. You can downgrade libidn2-0 so that apt will work again:
Then:
And you should be good to go.