sudo dpkg --clear-avail && sudo apt-get update
Should fix it.
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762211
Title:
input/output error when trying to access /var/lib/dpkg/available
To manage
Input/Output error is a sign of a hardware problem and not of a software
bug.
** Changed in: dpkg
Status: New => Invalid
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu
** Package changed: ubuntu => dpkg (Ubuntu)
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762211
Title:
input/output error when trying to access /var/lib/dpkg/available
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
I've opened this bug after attempting to guide a user through a fault
he/she reported here:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/152969
After my suggested fix didn't work, I checked the bug reports for
similar bugs and found this one (which was closed after the user
successfully solved t
