strange error while I add/remove applications!

[NoOp]

On 01/17/2008 04:46 PM, AlgoMantra wrote:
>>
>> Didn't you have this same problem last month?
>> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/131407
> 
> 
> Yes, I've had this problem 'for a month' :)
> 
> 
>> 1. System|Administration|Synaptic Package Manager|
>> Click (lower left): Custom Filters|Broken - see what that turns up. If
>> there is anything there, then: Edit|Fix Broken Packages
> 
> 
> It shows no broken packages....
> 
> 
>>
>> 2. Try reinstalling libtracker-gtk0 + tracker first
> 
> 
> When I try reinstalling libtracker-gtk0, I get this:
> 
> fadereu at fadeurium:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall libtracker-gtk0
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not
> upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/49.1kB of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ...
> *dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libtracker-gtk0'
> missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.*
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libtracker-gtk0_0.6.3-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
> * files list file for package `libtheora0' contains empty filename*

So, perhaps we do one at a time...

Do you have libtheora0 installed? If not, reinstall it via synaptics or:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libtheora0

My Synaptics shows that I do & my /var/lib/dpkg/info/libtheora0.list
(which is the on in your error that says there is an empty filename shows:

/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libtheora0
/usr/share/doc/libtheora0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtheora0/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libtheora0/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libtheora0/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/libtheora0/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libtheora.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libtheora.so.0