On 8 November 2013 15:23, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 8 November 2013 15:18, David King <linux...@avoura.com> wrote: >> >> >> I am having a problem with updating any software on my Ubuntu Studio 12.04 >> >> There are various updates listed, but when trying to install them I get an >> error: >> >> installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal >> error, aborting: >> unable to open files list file for package `libgmp10': Input/output error >> /var/cache/apt/archives/libgmp10_2%3a5.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb > > That file is corrupted. It is just the downloaded deb file so you can > safely delete it and it will be re-downloaded. > sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/libgmp10_2%3a5.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
It might also be worth while forcing a disk check. sudo touch /forcefsck and re-boot. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
