[02:17] http://i.imgur.com/4xThP.png [19:32] hi guys [19:32] i need some help [19:32] i try to install programs or aplications in ubuntu 11.10 and i have an error message every time i do it [19:33] what's the error message? [19:35] installArchives() failed: dpkg: error: reading package info file '/var/lib/dpkg/available': Input/output error [19:36] sounds like /var/lib/dpkg/available became corrupted somehow, I'd move it to /var/lib/dpkg/available.bak and run it again [19:36] (or there is something wrong with your filesystem, but let's not assume the worst just yet :)) [19:37] what could be the solution? [19:38] I just gave you one [19:38] did it not work? [19:38] move to another folder/ [19:38] /var/lib/dpkg/available is a file, you just rename it [19:38] i don't know how to do it [19:38] run this in a terminal: sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available.bak [19:38] I/O error sometimes means a hardware error on the disk. It might be worth running dmesg | tail [19:39] to see if there are any more details along those lines. [19:40] You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: deepin-software-center : Depends: aria2 but it is not going to be installed libvlc5 : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed vlc : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed vlc-nox : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed vlc-plugin-not [19:41] i got that now [19:42] so do what it suggests: sudo apt-get -f install [19:42] if those packages are available apt will try to resolve the problem [19:43] if not, you have a bit of a mess on your hands and you'll want to back up and see what you were trying to do when the machine got into this state (installing .debs manually? using PPAs?) [19:44] E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) [19:44] nothing above that? [19:45] I don't know what "deepin-software-center" is, but it's not a supported package in the archive so it looks like it's causing problems [19:45] dpkg: error: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) [19:45] I'd remove it [19:46] to regenerate available, do: sudo apt-get update [19:47] done [19:48] now probably want to: sudo apt-get remove deepin-software-center [19:50] The following packages have unmet dependencies: libvlc5 : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed vlc : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed vlc-nox : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed vlc-plugin-notify : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed vlc-plugin-pulse : Depends: libvlccore4 (>= 1.1.0) but it is no [19:51] just keep removing things until you get sorted, I need to get back to work so hopefully others can help [19:51] libvlc5 seems to be your problem now [19:51] so how i can reinstall that? === MediaDoneRight is now known as mdr|2busy === mdr|2busy is now known as MediaDoneRight === MediaDoneRight is now known as mdr|afk