"installArchives() failed"

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September 7th, 2013
rjackson1969

"installArchives() failed"

Ubuntu has been failing for me constantly. I don't know how to handle this. I trie to upgrade through the gui and through the terminal and they both fail. Here's my latest fail. Can anyone help?

Package operation failed

The installation or removal of a software package failed.
installArchives() failed: Extracting templates from packages: 34%% Extracting templates from packages: 68%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 34%% Extracting templates from packages: 68%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 34%% Extracting templates from packages: 68%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 34%% Extracting templates from packages: 68%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 5861 package 'libgtksourceview-3.0-common':
field name `' must be followed by colon
Error in function:

I've changed harddrives. Still no go. Browsers are failing regularly. System failing notifications regularly.
September 8th, 2013
mörgæs

Re: Constant failing

Please begin with a complete hardware description.
September 11th, 2013
rjackson1969

Re: Constant failing

Quote:

Originally Posted by mörgæs

Please begin with a complete hardware description.

Does this work?

I'd like to throw my Kingston SSD back in there but it seems to have more problems than I already do with this standard HDD.

-Computer-
Processor : 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 380 @ 2.53GHz
Memory : 7970MB (811MB used)
Operating System : Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
User Name : mine (mine)
Date/Time : Tue 10 Sep 2013 06:09:13 PM MDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
Lid Switch
Power Button
Sleep Button
Power Button
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Logitech Trackball
USB 2.0 PC Camera
Video Bus
HDA Intel HDMI/DP,pcm : 3=
HDA Intel Mic
HDA Intel Headphone
ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad
-Printers-
No printers found
-SCSI Disks-
ATA TOSHIBA MK3265GS
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633J
September 11th, 2013
VMC

Re: Constant failing

Here's a similar problem that has resolution. Also what were are doing to get the failed attempts?
September 12th, 2013
rjackson1969

Re: Constant failing

Quote:

Originally Posted by VMC

Here's a similar problem that has resolution. Also what were are doing to get the failed attempts?

Just cruising the internet. Shockwave crashes are rather frequent as well. Another time when it occasionally happens is when I try updates and the updater fails.