Problems with updates, dpkg errors

[ben_l]

When I run apt-get upgrade (or even when I use the Update Manager), I get errors like the ones below:


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common ghostscript ghostscript-x libcups2
libcupsimage2 libgs8 libopal-2.2 libpulse-browse0 libpulse0 libpulsecore5
libsmbclient libwbclient0 ntp ntpdate pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat
pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11
pulseaudio-utils samba-common smbclient transmission-common transmission-gtk
winbind xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon xterm
31 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.9MB of archives.
After this operation, 20.5kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main libwbclient0 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4 [87.6kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main ntpdate 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1 [61.8kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main libsmbclient 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4 [1218kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main libcups2 1.3.9-2ubuntu6 [169kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main libcupsimage2 1.3.9-2ubuntu6 [51.7kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.1 [795kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main libgs8 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.1 [2289kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main winbind 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4 [2975kB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main cups-common 1.3.9-2ubuntu6 [1162kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main smbclient 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4 [6403kB]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu6 [2139kB]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main cups-bsd 1.3.9-2ubuntu6 [36.2kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main cups-client 1.3.9-2ubuntu6 [115kB]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main ghostscript-x 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.1 [62.6kB]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main libopal-2.2 2.2.11~dfsg1-4ubuntu1 [3114kB]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4 [3459kB]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main libpulse0 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [145kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main libpulse-browse0 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [24.2kB]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main libpulsecore5 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [190kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main ntp 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1 [442kB]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main pulseaudio 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [294kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main pulseaudio-esound-compat 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [27.9kB]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main pulseaudio-module-gconf 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [10.3kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main pulseaudio-module-hal 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [15.8kB]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main pulseaudio-utils 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [139kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main pulseaudio-module-x11 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.2 [16.8kB]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main transmission-gtk 1.34-0ubuntu2.2 [314kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main transmission-common 1.34-0ubuntu2.2 [143kB]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.9.0+git20081003.f9826a56-0ubuntu2.1 [394kB]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.9.0+git20081003.f9826a56-0ubuntu2.1 [162kB]
Get:31 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main xterm 235-1ubuntu1.1 [471kB]
Fetched 26.9MB in 3min42s (121kB/s)
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
files list file for package `libgii1-target-x' contains empty filename
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


I've found some references to this in other threads, but none of the fixes seem to work. Any suggestions? Any more info I can provide?

[Partyboi2]

Have your tried moving libgii1-target-x.list out of the way and then reinstalling the package?

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgii1-target-x.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgii1-target-x.list.bak then

sudo apt-get --reinstall install libgii1-target-x
then try upgrading again.

[ben_l]

I've tried moving that file, but when I do, I get the same error with a different package.

[gettinoriginal]

First: System > Admin > Software Sources > Ubuntu Software, first 4 boxes should be checked, Updates, make sure all 4 top boxes are checked, check your choice for automatic (when and how), and then "release upgrade" , normal releases

Then run these two in terminal, one at a time:


sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list


wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

[ben_l]

I get pretty much the same thing.


sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Password or swipe finger:
--2009-01-06 18:11:13-- http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list
Resolving www.medibuntu.org... 87.98.242.110
Connecting to www.medibuntu.org|87.98.242.110|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 230 [text/plain]
Saving to: `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list'

100%[======================================>] 230 --.-K/s in 0s

2009-01-06 18:11:13 (14.5 MB/s) - `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list' saved [230/230]

ben@thinkpad:~$ wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update
OK
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release [44.0kB]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release [51.2kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Sources
Get:6 http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release [11.7kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages [46.1kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages [269kB]
Get:9 http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Packages [3518B]
Get:10 http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Packages [12.6kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages [1785B]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources [14.4kB]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources [571B]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages [17.9kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources [2429B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages [1330B]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources [584B]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages [5049B]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources [83.2kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources [1696B]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages [34.2kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources [6708B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages [3180B]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources [1145B]
Fetched 613kB in 10s (57.7kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
ben@thinkpad:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Packages
Reading package lists... Done
ben@thinkpad:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
mplayer
The following packages will be upgraded:
cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common ghostscript ghostscript-x libcups2
libcupsimage2 libgs8 libopal-2.2 libpulse-browse0 libpulse0 libpulsecore5
libsmbclient libwbclient0 ntp ntpdate nvidia-177-kernel-source
nvidia-177-modaliases nvidia-glx-177 pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat
pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11
pulseaudio-utils samba-common smbclient transmission-common transmission-gtk
winbind xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon xterm
34 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.7MB/38.6MB of archives.
After this operation, 41.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted nvidia-177-kernel-source 177.82-0ubuntu0.1 [2713kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main nvidia-177-modaliases 177.82-0ubuntu0.1 [18.4kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted nvidia-glx-177 177.82-0ubuntu0.1 [8932kB]
Fetched 11.7MB in 1min30s (128kB/s)
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
files list file for package `libgii1-target-x' contains empty filename
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ben@thinkpad:~$



That's about where I was before.

[Partyboi2]

I've tried moving that file, but when I do, I get the same error with a different package.
Have you tried the same process with the different package?

[ben_l]

I have like 30 packages pending download. I've tried renaming the lists file but it just goes on to another package. Sometimes when I do the apt-get upgrade, it downloads the packages again, but it never installs anything.

[mc4man]

Have you tried updating from the update manager and unchecking some of the updates (ntp ntpdate for sure

[Partyboi2]

You could try post #12 of this (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=12737&page=2) thread.

[ben_l]

I'm not sure if I did this right, but I'm getting pretty much the same thing


ben@thinkpad:~$ dpkg --contents /var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/dhcp3/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 802 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntpdate
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/default/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 456 2008-12-17 01:45 ./etc/default/ntpdate
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/logcheck/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 106 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/ntpdate
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/network/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./etc/network/if-up.d/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1135 2008-12-17 01:45 ./etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/sbin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 530 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 49492 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/sbin/ntpdate
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/share/doc/ntpdate/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 759 2008-12-17 01:45 ./usr/share/doc/ntpdate/README.Debian
-rw-r--r-- root/root 22032 2008-12-17 01:45 ./usr/share/doc/ntpdate/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2006 2008-12-17 01:45 ./usr/share/doc/ntpdate/NEWS.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 21582 2008-12-17 01:45 ./usr/share/doc/ntpdate/changelog.Debian.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/share/man/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/share/man/man8/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2476 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/share/man/man8/ntpdate.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 302 2008-12-17 01:46 ./usr/share/man/man8/ntpdate-debian.8.gz
ben@thinkpad:~$ sudo -i
root@thinkpad:~#
root@thinkpad:~# dpkg -c /var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb | awk '{if ($6 == "./"){ print "/."; } \
> else if (substr($6, length($6), 1) == "/")\
> {print substr($6, 2, length($6) - 2); } \
> else { print substr($6, 2, length($6) - 1);}}'\
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ntpdate.list
root@thinkpad:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
mplayer
The following packages will be upgraded:
cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common ghostscript ghostscript-x libcups2
libcupsimage2 libgs8 libopal-2.2 libpulse-browse0 libpulse0 libpulsecore5
libsmbclient libwbclient0 ntp ntpdate nvidia-177-kernel-source
nvidia-177-modaliases nvidia-glx-177 pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat
pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11
pulseaudio-utils samba-common smbclient transmission-common transmission-gtk
winbind xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon xterm
34 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/38.6MB of archives.
After this operation, 41.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
files list file for package `libgii1-target-x' contains empty filename
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ntpdate_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@thinkpad:~#

[gettinoriginal]

Check synaptic to be sure that libgii1-target-x is installed, and even if it is , right click to reinstall.

[ben_l]

I try that and get the error:


E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libgii1-target-x_1%3a1.0.2-2_i386.deb: files list file for package `libgii1-target-x' contains empty filename

Everything I see online where people are able to fix it, I've tried and non of it works. :confused:

[ben_l]

I got it fixed! I had to go into /var/lib/dpkg/info and move packagename.* one at a time, into a temp directory I created. After moving files for each package, I tried apt-get upgrade, until it ran successfully. Apparently I just wasn't patient enough to move the files. !!!