Thank you. Your instructions have fixed the problem.
First I executed
/sudo apt-get clean/
Then I ran the software updater. It failed again:
The package system is broken
If you are using third party repositories then disable them, since
they are a common source of problems.
Now run the following command in a terminal: apt-get install -f
Details:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nautilus-sendto-empathy: Depends: libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 147) but
1:175-0ubuntu9.4 is installed
Depends: empathy-common (=
3.4.2.3-0ubuntu1) but 3.4.2.3-0ubuntu1.1 is installed
But this time when I ran /apt-get install -f/ the problem was fixed:
john@john-laptop:~$ /sudo apt-get install -f/
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no
longer required:
linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic-pae linux-headers-3.2.0-33-generic-pae
gir1.2-ubuntuoneui-3.0 linux-headers-3.2.0-33 linux-headers-3.2.0-36
libgtkhtml-4.0-0 kdesudo libevolution libubuntuoneui-3.0-1
libgtkhtml-4.0-common libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0
linux-headers-3.2.0-33-generic
libdb4.8 update-manager-kde libgnome-desktop-2-17
linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
nautilus-sendto-empathy
The following packages will be upgraded:
nautilus-sendto-empathy
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 483 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? /Y/
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
nautilus-sendto-empathy i386 3.4.2.3-0ubuntu1.1 [483 kB]
Fetched 483 kB in 0s (641 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 879631 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace nautilus-sendto-empathy 3.4.2.3-0ubuntu1 (using
.../nautilus-sendto-empathy_3.4.2.3-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement nautilus-sendto-empathy ...
Setting up nautilus-sendto-empathy (3.4.2.3-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Then when I ran software updater, all updates were applied successfully.
To finish off, I ran the auto remove mentioned in the above:
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
[sudo] password for john:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
gir1.2-ubuntuoneui-3.0 kdesudo libdb4.8 libevolution
libgnome-desktop-2-17
libgtkhtml-4.0-0 libgtkhtml-4.0-common libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0
libubuntuoneui-3.0-1 linux-headers-3.2.0-33
linux-headers-3.2.0-33-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-33-generic-pae linux-headers-3.2.0-36
linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic-pae
update-manager-kde
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 16 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 168 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 879630 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gir1.2-ubuntuoneui-3.0 ...
Removing update-manager-kde ...
Removing kdesudo ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu
to provide /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu (kdesu) in auto mode.
Removing libdb4.8 ...
Removing libevolution ...
Removing libgnome-desktop-2-17 ...
Removing libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0 ...
Removing libgtkhtml-4.0-0 ...
Removing libgtkhtml-4.0-common ...
Removing libubuntuoneui-3.0-1 ...
Removing linux-headers-3.2.0-33-generic-pae ...
Removing linux-headers-3.2.0-33-generic ...
Removing linux-headers-3.2.0-33 ...
Removing linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic-pae ...
Removing linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic ...
Removing linux-headers-3.2.0-36 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
I tried to run /fsck/ but was concerned about the messages and aborted
the command:
john@john-laptop:~$ /fsck/
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
/dev/sda1 is mounted.
WARNING!!! The filesystem is mounted. If you continue you ***WILL***
cause ***SEVERE*** filesystem damage.
Do you really want to continue<n>? no
check aborted.
At least my issue is resolved - thanks for all your help.
Regards
John
On 15/11/13 16:12, Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when
> trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following
> command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:
>
> sudo apt-get clean
>
> Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your
> issue, but the failure could be caused by filesystem or memory
> corruption. So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a
> memory test. Thanks in advance!
>
> [This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you
> inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]
>
> ** Tags added: failed-to-read
>
> ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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Title:
package nautilus-sendto-empathy 3.4.2.3-0ubuntu1 failed to
install/upgrade: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during
`./usr/lib/nautilus-sendto/plugins/libnstempathy.so'
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