Problems with Synaptic after power loss

thekid · 10-10-2007, 06:09 PM

I'm new to Ubuntu, coming from Slackware, and the automagic update is a little hard to get used to. I was recently updating the machine through Synaptic when I lost power. After reboot the update attempted to run again, but I get this error message now:

Code:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

I attempt to use the command given but I get this:

Code:

keith@Krypton:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Password:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0013' near line 1:
 field name `60817' must be followed by colon
keith@Krypton:~$

Anyone know what I have to do to rectify the situation? Thanks!

z-vet · 10-11-2007, 01:06 AM

Code:

sudo rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0013
sudo dpkg --configure -a

thekid · 10-11-2007, 07:52 AM

Ok, I did that and it allowed me to get back into Synaptic, but now when I try to fix the broken dependencies it gives me the error

Code:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/python-uno_2.2.0-1ubuntu5_i386.deb: unable to open files list file for package `python-uno'

and I've already removed it from the directory, forcing it to re-download it and still no dice. Should I clear all the files from the directory, or is there something I can do? Thanks!

Here is some more information:

Code:

keith@Krypton~$sudo apt-get -f install
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-uno_2.2.0-1ubuntu5_i386.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open files list file for package `python-uno': Permission denied
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/python-uno_2.2.0-1ubuntu5_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
keith@Krypton:~$

I don't understand how permission can be denied when it re-downloaded the file fresh and I'm doing it as sudo.

z-vet · 10-11-2007, 08:07 AM

Maybe removing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-uno_2.2.0-1ubuntu5_i386.deb and doing an 'apt-get update' again will help...

thekid · 10-11-2007, 08:33 AM

Tried that, and as soon as it gets downloaded it bombs out with the above error message about permission being denied.

thekid · 10-17-2007, 10:17 AM

Well, since I haven't been able to fix this, I'm gonna go ahead and install Kubuntu 64 bit edition and see how I like it.