I tried to update my system on Xubuntu : sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade.

I got this error message :

E: Le pilote pour la méthode /usr/lib/apt/methods/bzip2 n'a pu être trouvé.

In english the driver for the method /usr/lib/apt/methods/bzip2 can't be found.

I checked the folder :

$ ls /usr/lib/apt/methods/
cdrom copy file ftp gpgv gzip http https mirror rred rsh ssh xz

Actually for the moment, APT can't install anything cause it can't unzip with bzip2 : the method doesn't exist inside the proper folder.

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apt does not depend on bzip2 - bzip2 is only a symbolic link to gzip.

Create the link

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/apt/methods/gzip /usr/lib/apt/methods/bzip2

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Install bzip2

sudo apt-get install bzip2

Alternative

apt-get download bzip2
sudo dpkg -i bzip2*.deb

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