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...users, im having some issues and would love some pointers on how to fix this. For some unknown reason, my Ubuntu wont let me download Adobe or Java. So I cant watch videos, or play flash games. I get this error when I try to download Adobe: The installation or removal of a software package failed installArchives() failed: dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: unable to create `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i': Is a directory And this when I try to download Java: installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal...

when i try adding wine (beta) i get this error message "installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 24013 package 'cups-bsd': junk after word in `priority' field " and when i try adding the normal version of wine i get the same message. Im...

...untu1.1_amd64.deb ?/var/cache/apt/archives/nut-server_2.6.3-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Ubuntu Software Center also repeteatedly asks to repair the package catalog. After repairing package catalog, package operation eventually fails all the time. installArchives() failed: (Reading database ...? (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Readin...