** Description changed:

  There can be an exception from apt  at several times. Unfortunately APT
  only shows a translated error message and no codes. Often it is unclear
  what the user should do.
  
  Furthermore there can be a broken system, e.g. delted
- /var/lib/dpkg/updates #791715 or failing to open TagSection
+ /var/lib/dpkg/updates (bug 791715) or failing to open TagSection
  
  E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/br.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_universe_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package
  lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
  
+     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#general>: "If a
+ file needed by apt is missing or unparseable, the alert should have
+ primary text “Software can’t be installed or removed because an
+ essential file is unreadable.”, and secondary text “No changes were
+ made. To fix the problem, restore the file from backup, or reinstall
+ Ubuntu.”"
+ 
  E:Write error - write (28: No space left on device), E:Can't mmap an
  empty file, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
  opened.
+ 
+     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#general>: "If
+ there is not enough disk space, the primary text should be “Software
+ can’t be installed or removed because there is not enough disk space.”,
+ and secondary text “No changes were made. Deleting other unwanted files
+ may free up enough disk space.”"
  
  E: The package google-chrome-stable needs to be reinstalled, but I can't
  find an archive for it.
  
  E:Type 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdfmod-team/ppa/ubuntu' is not known on
  line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pdfmod-team-ppa-
  maverick.list
  
+     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#general>: "For
+ any other error, the primary text should be “Software can’t be installed
+ or removed because of an unknown error. Sorry about that.” and secondary
+ text “No changes were made.”."
+ 
  SystemError: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field
  for package ubufox.
+ 
+     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#general>: "If a
+ file needed by apt is missing or unparseable, the alert should have
+ primary text “Software can’t be installed or removed because an
+ essential file is unreadable.”, and secondary text “No changes were
+ made. To fix the problem, restore the file from backup, or reinstall
+ Ubuntu.”"

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