<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> Thanks, but I already tried that and still got the same errors. It downloaded the file again, but still the same problem persists. David K <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/11/13 15:23, Colin Law wrote: </div> <blockquote class=" cite" id="mid_CAL_0gLv_wD9__q98F1_8yjb5V8UWusS_ECMoMOtVe_JFjq_Hww_mail_gmail_com" cite="mid:CAL=0gLv=wD9-+q98F1+8yjb5V8UWusS+ECMoMOtVe=JFjq=Hww@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 8 November 2013 15:18, David King <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linuxman@avoura.com"><linuxman@avoura.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote class=" cite" id="Cite_7958075" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I am having a problem with updating any software on my Ubuntu Studio 12.04 There are various updates listed, but when trying to install them I get an error: installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: unable to open files list file for package `libgmp10': Input/output error /var/cache/apt/archives/libgmp10_2%3a5.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">That file is corrupted. It is just the downloaded deb file so you can safely delete it and it will be re-downloaded. sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/libgmp10_2%3a5.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Colin </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>