when I try to install packages in ubuntu 12.04 software centre it fails showing this codeinstallArchives() failed:
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(Reading database ... 60%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
reading files list for package 'pppconfig': Input/output error
Error in function:
I also followed these instructions in the terminal
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for d:
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
d@d-Aspire:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"
d@d-Aspire:~$ uname -a
Linux d-Aspire 3.2.0-31-generic-pae #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:39:45 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
cp: reading `/var/lib/dpkg/info/pppconfig.list': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/var/lib/dpkg.backup/info/pppconfig.list': Input/output error
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
d@d-Aspire:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
d@d-Aspire:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
d@d-Aspire:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-headers-3.2.0-29* linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic-pae*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 67.5 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 60%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
reading files list for package 'pppconfig': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
d@d-Aspire:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
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Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
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Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
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Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB]
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E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
d@d-Aspire:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
d@d-Aspire:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.2.0-29 linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
d@d-Aspire:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.2.0-29 linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
d@d-Aspire:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
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Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [397 kB]
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Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [9673 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
apt apt-transport-https apt-utils gnome-media libapt-inst1.4 libapt-pkg4.12
libnux-2.0-0 libnux-2.0-common libunity-core-5.0-5 nux-tools
transmission-common transmission-gtk unity unity-common unity-services
15 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 5780 kB of archives.
After this operation, 8192 B disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libapt-pkg4.12 i386 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.3 [941 kB]
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Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main unity i386 5.16.0-0ubuntu1 [1293 kB]
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(Reading database ... 60%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
reading files list for package 'pppconfig': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
d@d-Aspire:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;
/etc/apt/sources.list
1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main restricted
2
3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
4 # newer versions of the distribution.
5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
7
8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
9 ## distribution.
10 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates main restricted
11 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates main restricted
12
13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
16 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
18 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe
19 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe
20
21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
25 ## security team.
26 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
27 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
28 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates multiverse
29 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates multiverse
30
31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
36 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
37 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
38
39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
41 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
42 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
43 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
44 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
45
46 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
47 ## 'partner' repository.
48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
49 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
50 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
51 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
52
53 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
54 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
55 # deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
56 # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
d@d-Aspire:~$
