Unable to update or open any downloads in my Ubuntu 8.04
I am unable to go further with downloading any updates in the Update Manager as this is what comes up:
E: /var/cache/
Cannot update Mozilla Firefox and so download new version of MSN hotmail. Some downloads cannot be opened.
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Please try this:
1. Open terminal by hitting CTRL + ALT + T
2: Run this commands:
sudo aptitude clean
sudo aptitude autoclean
cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
sudo rm libxcb-shape0.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install libxcb-shape0
sudo rm /var/lib/
sudo mkdir /var/lib/
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude install -f
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
3. Try to update
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Support for Ubuntu 8.04 (desktop) ended on May 12, 2011.
Please install Ubuntu 10.04 or Ubuntu 11.04 to get updates...
See here:
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Still cannot update. Followed your instructions - see below what I copied from terminal. Trying to run or update Firefox 6-0.1 tar.bz2 which is a zip drive sitting on my desktop. Thanks.
sudo aptitude clean
[sudo] password for isat:
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Building tag database... Done
isat@isat:~$ sudo aptitude autoclean
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Reading extended state information
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Building tag database... Done
Freed 0B of disk space
isat@isat:~$ cd/var/
bash: cd/var/
isat@isat:~$ sudo rm libxcb-shape0.list
rm: cannot remove `libxcb-
isat@isat:~$ sudo apt-get update
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Reading package lists... Done
isat@isat:~$ sudo apt-get--reinstall install libxcb-shape0
sudo: apt-get--reinstall: command not found
isat@isat:~$ sudo rm/var/
sudo: rm/var/
isat@isat:~$ sudo mkdir/var/
sudo: mkdir/var/
isat@isat:~$ sudo dpkg--configure-a
sudo: dpkg--configure-a: command not found
isat@isat:~$ sudo aptitude install-f
Unknown command "install-f"
aptitude 0.4.9
Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
aptitude [options] <action> ...
Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):
install - Install/upgrade packages
remove - Remove packages
purge - Remove packages and their configuration files
hold - Place packages on hold
unhold - Cancel a hold command for a package
markauto - Mark packages as having been automatically installed
unmarkauto - Mark packages as having been manually installed
forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package version.
update - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
safe-upgrade - Perform a safe upgrade
full-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages
forget-new - Forget what packages are "new"
search - Search for a package by name and/or expression
show - Display detailed information about a package
clean - Erase downloaded package files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded package files
changelog - View a package's changelog
download - Download the .deb file for a package
reinstall - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package
Options:
-h This help text
-s Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
-d Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
-P Always prompt for confirmation or actions
-y Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes'
-F format Specify a format for displaying search results; see the manual
-O order Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual
-w width Specify the display width for formatting search results
-f Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
-V Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
-D Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
-Z Show the change in installed size of each package.
-v Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times)
-t [release] Set the release from which packages should be installed
-q In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress indicators.
-o key=val Directly set the configuration option named 'key'
--with(
-S fname Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
-u Download new package lists on startup.
-i Perform an install run on startup.
isat@isat:~$ sudo aptitude update
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isat@isat:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
firefox firefox-3.0 firefox-
libdrm2 libgl1-mesa-dri-psb linux-image-
linux-
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xulrunner-1.9 xulrunner-
15 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 31.0MB of archives. After unpacking 119kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
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Fetched 31.0MB in 60s (508kB/s)
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
files list file for package `libxcb-shape0' is missing final newline
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
isat@isat:~$
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From: "Enrico "eNry" Carafa" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Sunday, 4 September 2011, 17:10
Subject: Re: [Question #170105]: Unable to update or open any downloads in my Ubuntu 8.04
Your question #170105 on Ubuntu changed:
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Status: Open => Answered
Enrico "eNry" Carafa proposed the following answer:
Please try this:
1. Open terminal by hitting CTRL + ALT + T
2: Run this commands:
sudo aptitude clean
sudo aptitude autoclean
cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
sudo rm libxcb-shape0.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install libxcb-shape0
sudo rm /var/lib/
sudo mkdir /var/lib/
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude install -f
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
3. Try to update
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#5 |
I have a Dell netbook with loaded Ubuntu 8.04. Do I still need to update to a current operating system and will it be free to download?
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From: Mark Rijckenberg <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Sunday, 4 September 2011, 18:21
Subject: Re: [Question #170105]: Unable to update or open any downloads in my Ubuntu 8.04
Your question #170105 on Ubuntu changed:
https:/
Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
Support for Ubuntu 8.04 (desktop) ended on May 12, 2011.
Please install Ubuntu 10.04 or Ubuntu 11.04 to get updates...
See here:
https:/
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#6 |
Yes, as I already wrote before in this thread, please install Ubuntu 11.04.
You can download it here for free:
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