'dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting' trying to install 'trimage'
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reading files list for package 'linux-headers-3.0.0-12': Input/output error
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I then tried to install through the 'terminal':
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sudo apt-get install trimage
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libpanel-applet-4-0 libswscale0 libavutil50 linux-headers-2.6.38-8
linux-headers-3.0.0-12 libpostproc51 libavformat52
linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic libavcodec52
libreadline5 gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
advancecomp jpegoptim libqt4-help libqt4-scripttools libqt4-test
libqtassistantclient4 optipng pngcrush python-qt4 python-sip
Suggested packages:
python-qt4-dbg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
advancecomp jpegoptim libqt4-help libqt4-scripttools libqt4-test
libqtassistantclient4 optipng pngcrush python-qt4 python-sip trimage
0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/6,449 kB of archives.
After this operation, 28.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Selecting previously deselected package libqt4-help.
(Reading database ... 50%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
reading files list for package 'linux-headers-3.0.0-12': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
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