strange error while I add/remove applications!

[NoOp]

On 01/17/2008 09:49 PM, AlgoMantra wrote:
> Hey NoOp:
> 
> I'm really appreciating your help here! I think the current method you
> are suggesting might work since there seems to be a lot of strange crap
> in the .list files associated with both libtheora0 and libtracker-gtk0.
> I have produced the result of trying to reinstall libtheora0 below.
> 
> In the meantime, I want to replace the libtheora0.list file with contents
> that you just sent. Also, can you please send me contents of your
> libtracker-gtk0.list
> file so that I can replace that too? These two .list files seem to be the
> core
> of the issue...
> 
> Lets hope this works... :)
> 

I had to install libtracker-gtk0 to get you the file - here you go:

/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0/NEWS.gz
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0/TODO
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/libtracker-gtk0/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libtracker-gtk.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libtracker-gtk.so.0

As a test, you might try modifying the /var/lib/dpkg/status file - the
section that contains libtracker-gtk0:
====
Package: libtracker-gtk0
Status: deinstall ok config-files
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Source: tracker
Version: 0.6.3-0ubuntu3
Config-Version: 0.6.3-0ubuntu3
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.13.2), libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libcairo2 (>=
1.4.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.1.1), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.74),
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>=
2.12.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.2), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>=
1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6,
libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0),
libxrender1
Description: GTK+ widgets for apps that use tracker
 This library provides handy GTK+ widgets which allows applications to
 easily make use of tracker.
 .
  Homepage: http://www.tracker-project.org
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
====

Status: deinstall ok config-files
is from a non-installed libtracker-gtk0, if the package is installed it
will read:
Status: install ok installed

So, perhaps modifying the status line to "deinstall ok config-files" and
retrying the install (sudo apt-get install libtracker-gtk0) will work.

BTW: you can easily see the status from the command line by:

dpkg -s libtracker-gtk0

That said, I think that you perhaps have greater problems than just
libtracker0 et al. It appears that something (software or hardware) has
caused your dpkg list & status files to get screwed up. Given that you
had a smilar problem last month, perhaps you should consider doing a
reinstall.