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  1. #1
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    Unhappy The installation or removal of a software package failed.

    I am new to Ubuntu. I am using Ubuntu 10.10

    I tried to install software (Gmail Notifier) through 'Ubuntu Software Center'

    I don't know why I am getting following error message :

    (Reading database ... 95%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
    failed to read on buffer copy for files list for package `libtaglib2.0-cil': Input/output error


    Even if I tried to remove any software I am getting this error.

    Also when I want to change 'Visual Effects' to 'Normal' or 'Extra' through 'Appearance Preferences'.....first it shows 'searching for available drivers' and then the message :

    Desktop effects could not be enabled

    Pls help me to rectify.

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    Re: The installation or removal of a software package failed.

    Also it seems my 'Compiz' and 'Metacity' are not working properly

    Pls help

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    Re: The installation or removal of a software package failed.

    Hi, that an be a very hard problem to fix, first open disk utility and run a smart test on your drive and see if there are any errors, that is one of the causes of that error, then you can run these commands on at a time and see if it fixes the problem.
    Code:
    sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/status
    sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
    sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
    sudo dpkg --configure -a
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    sudo apt-get install -f
    if you get errors please post them here by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets.
    Last edited by wildmanne39; July 28th, 2011 at 09:09 AM. Reason: Add more text

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    Re: The installation or removal of a software package failed.

    Dear wildmanne39

    I encountered the same error

    # brijit@brijit-Aspire-5740:~$ sudo apt-get update
    Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg [198B]
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en
    Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [198B]
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
    Get:3 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [72B]
    Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
    Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg [198B]
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_US
    Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg [316B]
    Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam...stable/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
    Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam...stable/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en_US
    Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg [198B]
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ maverick/partner Translation-en
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ maverick/partner Translation-en_US
    Get:7 http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release [5,925B]
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
    Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg [198B]
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
    Get:9 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release [9,762B]
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en_US
    Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release [31.4kB]
    Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg [316B]
    Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
    Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
    Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release [9,775B]
    Get:13 http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release [5,925B]
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
    Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release [39.8kB]
    Get:15 http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Sources [3,962B]
    Get:16 http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner i386 Packages [7,774B]
    Get:17 http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner i386 Packages [7,774B]
    Get:18 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources [1,073B]
    Get:19 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages [1,216B]
    Get:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release [9,750B]
    Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release [31.4kB]
    Get:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources [24.8kB]
    Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources [829kB]
    Get:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages [28.0kB]
    Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources [46.2kB]
    Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources [19.4kB]
    Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources [1,758B]
    Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages [155kB]
    Get:29 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources [634B]
    Get:30 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages [591B]
    Get:31 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages [14B]
    Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages [76.3kB]
    Get:33 http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,746B]
    Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources [4,179kB]
    Get:35 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources [151kB]
    Get:36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages [1,492kB]
    Get:37 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages [5,992B]
    Get:38 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages [5,791kB]
    Get:39 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages [183kB]
    Get:40 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources [137kB]
    Get:41 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources [46.8kB]
    Get:42 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources [2,506B]
    Get:43 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages [378kB]
    Get:44 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages [1,797B]
    Get:45 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages [156kB]
    Get:46 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [5,206B]
    Fetched 13.9MB in 4min 38s (49.9kB/s)
    Reading package lists... Done
    brijit@brijit-Aspire-5740:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    The following packages have been kept back:
    cups evolution-plugins linux-generic linux-headers-generic
    linux-image-generic
    The following packages will be upgraded:
    dbus dbus-x11 libdbus-1-3 libfreetype6 libpng12-0 libsndfile1
    6 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B/1,136kB of archives.
    After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
    (Reading database ... 95%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
    failed to read on buffer copy for files list for package `libtaglib2.0-cil': Input/output error
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

    I have done 'Self Test' through 'Disk Utility' but it doesn't complete, so I had to Cancel.

    Also when I did 'Check File System' then I had this error :
    Device is mounted and no online capability in fsck tool for file system

    Pls suggest some remedy.

    Thanx for your support.

  5. #5
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    Re: The installation or removal of a software package failed.

    Hi, look at this link and do what it says, if it does not work I recommend formating your drive and reinstalling.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pa...otingProcedure

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