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VaGentry
March 31st, 2011, 11:37 PM
The update manager recommended seven updates today. I get an error message when I try to update. Any suggestions?

Error message reads:

"installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ...
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package `linux-headers-2.6.35-24' contains empty filename

dabl
April 1st, 2011, 12:44 AM
Open a terminal.


sudo apt-get update


sudo apt-get -f install


sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


sudo apt-get clean

Post back if you get errors.