Hi folks,
Finally I fixed the problem as follows:-
$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.OLD20131115
$ ls -la /var/lib/dpkg/
Code:
total 7808
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 15 22:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 61 root root 4096 Mar 26 2013 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 8 12:51 alternatives
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488516 Nov 8 12:51 available
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1487316 Nov 5 10:41 available-old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Feb 14 2013 cmethopt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1316 Aug 8 12:19 diversions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1362 Aug 8 12:19 diversions-old
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 307200 Nov 15 17:36 info
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Nov 15 22:17 lock
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 13 2012 parts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135 Feb 14 2013 statoverride
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1551687 Nov 15 22:17 status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1551687 Nov 15 19:54 status-old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1551687 Nov 15 22:19 status.OLD20131115
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 10 03:09 tmp.ci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 8 12:51 triggers
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 15 22:17 updates
1)
$ sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status
delete following lines;
Code:
Package: klibc-utils
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 367
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: amd64
Source: klibc
Version: 1.5.25-1ubuntu2
Depends: libklibc (= 1.5.25-1ubuntu2)
Description: small utilities built with klibc for early boot
This package contains a collection of programs that are linked
against klibc. These duplicate some of the functionality of a
regular Linux toolset, but are typically much smaller than their
full-function counterparts. They are intended for inclusion in
initramfs images and embedded systems.
Original-Maintainer: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Code:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
klibc-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
klibc-utils
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 181 kB of archives.
After this operation, 376 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main klibc-utils amd64 1.5.25-1ubuntu2 [181 kB]
Fetched 181 kB in 1s (122 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package klibc-utils.
(Reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libdca0' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 55%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package `libdirac-encoder0' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
2)
$ sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status
Removed following lines;
Code:
Package: libdirac-encoder0
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 588
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: amd64
Source: dirac
Version: 1.0.2-4build1
Replaces: libdirac0, libdirac0c2a
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0)
Conflicts: libdirac0, libdirac0c2a
Description: open and royalty free high quality codec - encoder library
Dirac is an advanced royalty-free video compression format designed for a wide
range of uses, from delivering low-resolution web content to broadcasting HD
and beyond, to near-lossless studio editing.
.
This package contains the dirac encoder library.
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Homepage: http://diracvideo.org/
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Code:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
klibc-utils libav-tools libavcodec-extra-53 libavdevice53 libavfilter2
libavformat53 libavutil-extra-51 libdirac-encoder0 libpostproc52 libswscale2
Suggested packages:
libfaad0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
klibc-utils libdirac-encoder0
The following packages will be upgraded:
libav-tools libavcodec-extra-53 libavdevice53 libavfilter2 libavformat53
libavutil-extra-51 libpostproc52 libswscale2
8 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 243 kB/4,798 kB of archives.
After this operation, 992 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe libdirac-encoder0 amd64 1.0.2-4build1 [243 kB]
Fetched 243 kB in 2s (113 kB/s)
(Reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libdca0' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 55%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package `krb5-locales' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
3)
$ sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status
Again removed following lines;
Code:
Package: krb5-locales
Status: install ok installed
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: localization
Installed-Size: 1516
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: all
Source: krb5
Version: 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3
Description: Internationalization support for MIT Kerberos
Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network.
Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a
third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on
the network (users and services, usually called "principals").
.
This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.
.
This package contains internationalized messages for MIT Kerberos.
Homepage: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/
Original-Maintainer: Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
$ sudo apt-get -f install
This time no complaint
$ sudo apt-get install klibc-utils libdirac-encoder0 krb5-locales
No complaint
Now I can run;
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
without problem
It tooks a long way to fix the problem. Otherwise I have to reinstall Ubuntu 12.04
(I found the solution on searching;
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1232143.html )
I have no idea how can I render into this problem. This is the Host of VirtualBox. I only run Firefox and Google Chrome on it. All works are done on VMs.
Anyway lot of thanks for your support.
A further question in case of failure, in the worst case, can I copy;
/var/lib/dpkg/*
from a Ubuntu 12.04 VM to the Host?
Rgds
satimis
