*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 398870 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398870
The solution mentioned in bug #398870 worked for me:
Arnaud Jeansen wrote on 2009-08-17:
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
this is probably duplicate
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 398870
"Reading Database" takes too long
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reading database slow since upgrading to karmic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455969
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