Won't update after failed+crashed update.

[LotSX]

I failed an update and my computer crashed, and my update manager won't let me do a partial upgrade. When I press close:
Software index is broken

It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first.

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

When I run sudo apt-get install -f:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

When I run sudo dpkg --configure -a:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0178' near line 0: E0F after field name`'

What do I do?

Now I'm getting this error:
Package operation failed

The installation or removal of a software package failed.


installArchives() failed:
Extracting templates from packages: 41%%
Extracting templates from packages: 82%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...

Extracting templates from packages: 41%%
Extracting templates from packages: 82%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...

Extracting templates from packages: 41%%
Extracting templates from packages: 82%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
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%%
(Reading database ... 60%%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'libreoffice-impress' is missing final newline

What do I do?

[plucky]

I failed an update and my computer crashed, and my update manager won't let me do a partial upgrade. When I press close:
Software index is broken

It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first.

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

When I run sudo apt-get install -f:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

When I run sudo dpkg --configure -a:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0178' near line 0: E0F after field name`'

What do I do?

Open a terminal and run

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*

After that run

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and see if that fixes it.

Good Luck

[LotSX]

It worked, thanks a bunch!

EDIT: Except now I'm getting this error:
Package operation failed

The installation or removal of a software package failed.


installArchives() failed:
Extracting templates from packages: 41%%
Extracting templates from packages: 82%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...

Extracting templates from packages: 41%%
Extracting templates from packages: 82%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...

Extracting templates from packages: 41%%
Extracting templates from packages: 82%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
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%%
(Reading database ... 60%%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'libreoffice-impress' is missing final newline

[plucky]

EDIT: Except now I'm getting this error:
Package operation failed

What command are you using?

Run from a terminal

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

and if you get any errors,post the output of those commands.

Good Luck

[LotSX]

I was using update manager when getting that error message.

After I ran:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

I got this:
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 60%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'libreoffice-impress' is missing final newline
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

[plucky]

I was using update manager when getting that error message.

After I ran:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

I got this:
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 60%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'libreoffice-impress' is missing final newline
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

Open Software Sources either through the Synaptic Package Manager or Update Manager and change your Download Server to the Main Server.

Then run

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

again.

If that works,don't forget to change the server back to your local server so you can get the faster downloads.

Good Luck

[LotSX]

Same error,

Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 60%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'libreoffice-impress' is missing final newline
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

Also: Why is it that I can't install the other updates when I disable installing libreoffice-impress? I tried that too with Update Manager and it still gives error on libreoffice-impress and won't let me install the other updates.

[raja.genupula]

sounds like error in the source list

[LotSX]

How do I fix that?

[raja.genupula]

ok open synaptic package manager , in the quick-filter give libreoffice-impress . click at mark for re-installation and re-install it