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cubeloid
cubeloid

Reputation: 169

apt-get fails with following error linux-headers-3.2.0-58-generic' contains empty filename

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package libc-ares2.
(Reading database ... 85%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package `linux-headers-3.2.0-58-generic' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

this is ubuntu with amd64 dual boot with win7. this error seems to have started when i tryed to use sun jdk instead of open jdk. thanks, tim

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1910

Answers (2)

JustinCB
JustinCB

Reputation: 523

This problem happens when a file list of a package gets corrupt. to fix:

cd /var/lib/dpkg/info sudo rm {package with problems}.list

in your case {package with problems} would be linux-headers-3.2.0-58-generic.
The next time you run dpkg, you will get something like

dpkg: Warning: list file for linux-headers-3.2.0-58-generic are missing package assumed to not be installed

Assuming you don't get any more

files list contains empty filename

errors, you can do

sudo apt-get install {package with problems}

And apt-get install the other files with issues, and your problem should be fixed.

This is the manual way to remove a corrupt list file and reinstall the affected packages.

Edit: you might want to use

sudo apt-get install --reinstall

instead of just

sudo apt-get install

My information might be a bit old because I am using trisquel 7, a derivative of trusty ubuntu, which isn't the total latest, but most of the commands are the same, or just require replacing apt-get with aptitude

Upvotes: 3

cubeloid
cubeloid

Reputation: 169

you have to open up the status file in the var/lib/dpkg and delete the entry for the whole package that is referenced as failing. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1232143.html i also had to aptitude reinstall tzdata-java

Upvotes: 0

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