Item cannot be installed or removed until the package catalogue is repaired
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Published on 2012-05-02T16:37:56Z
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After installing Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (meta-package) i receive an error
Item cannot be installed or removed until the package catalogue is repaired. Do you want
to repair it
Ok, I thought... I'll just click repair and be done with it. After doing so I receive another error.
The full text reads:
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(Reading database ... 212945 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libasound2:i386 (from .../libasound2_1.0.25-1ubuntu10_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libasound2_1.0.25-1ubuntu10_i386.deb (--unpack):
'./usr/share/alsa/cards/ICE1712.conf' is different from the same file on the system
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libasound2_1.0.25-1ubuntu10_i386.deb
Error in function:
SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wine1.4-i386:i386:
wine1.4-i386:i386 depends on libasound2 (>= 1.0.23); however:
Package libasound2:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing wine1.4-i386:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wine1.4:
wine1.4 depends on wine1.4-i386 (= 1.4-0ubuntu4); however:
Package wine1.4-i386 is not installed.
Package wine1.4-i386:i386 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing wine1.4 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wine:
wine depends on wine1.4; however:
Package wine1.4 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing wine (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wine1.4-common:
wine1.4-common depends on wine1.4 (= 1.4-0ubuntu4); however:
Package wine1.4 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing wine1.4-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wine1.4-amd64:
wine1.4-amd64 depends on wine1.4-common (= 1.4-0ubuntu4); however:
Package wine1.4-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing wine1.4-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
So I click OK and now I'm back to previous screen ("Item cannot be installed ...")
I click on cancel and go to the red circle on the top right on my screen and try to update from there and receive this error
After that I just get thrown these errors
So now I can't add or remove any programs on my system. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
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