Public bug reported: I am unable to upgrade packages. I get the following message when trying.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get upgrade -V Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: cpp (4.2.3-1ubuntu3 => 4.2.3-1ubuntu5) evolution (2.22.1-0ubuntu3.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) evolution-common (2.22.1-0ubuntu3.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) evolution-data-server (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) evolution-data-server-common (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) evolution-plugins (2.22.1-0ubuntu3.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) gcc (4.2.3-1ubuntu3 => 4.2.3-1ubuntu5) gdb (6.8-1ubuntu1 => 6.8-1ubuntu2) libcamel1.2-11 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libebook1.2-9 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libecal1.2-7 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libedata-book1.2-2 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libedata-cal1.2-6 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libedataserver1.2-9 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libedataserverui1.2-8 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libegroupwise1.2-13 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libexchange-storage1.2-3 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libgdata-google1.2-1 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) libgdata1.2-1 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1 => 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3) 19 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/23.0MB of archives. After this operation, 98.3kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cpp_4%3a4.2.3-1ubuntu5_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to open files list file for package `gdm': Permission denied Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/cpp_4%3a4.2.3-1ubuntu5_i386.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I am running Hardy 8.04. If you need any other information please let me know. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- problem with apt-get upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236550 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs