Software Updater stuck "waiting for packagekitd to exit"

Started an update and left the room. We had a brief loss of electricity, don't know if the update was finished. When I check the Software Updater, it stops here.


No other symptoms found yet.

Hello,
do this in terminal

sudo apt purge ~c
sudo apt install --reinstall packagekit
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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That seems to have taken care of it. Thank you for the assistance.

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My pleasure, just think to mark this topic as resolved please.

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