I remembered seeing a blog entry about it some time ago... http://antti-juhani.kaijanaho.fi/newblog/archives/521
I did the two steps mentioned there and it really made a difference for me: $ sudo dpkg --clear-avail $ sudo dpkg --forget-old-unavail Hope this helps. -- "Reading Database" takes too long https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
