unable to install anything on ubuntu 9.10 with aptitude
- by Srisa
Hello,
Earlier i could install software by using the 'sudo aptitude install ' command. Today when i tried to install rkhunter i am getting errors. It is not just rkhunter, i am not able to install anything.
Here is the text output:
user@server:~$ sudo aptitude install rkhunter
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20% [3 rkhunter 947/271kB 0%]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe unhide 20080519-4 [832kB]
40% [4 unhide 2955/832kB 0%]
100% [Working]
Fetched 1394kB in 1s (825kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package lsof.
(Reading database ...
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(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 20076 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking lsof (from .../lsof_4.81.dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/lsof_4.81.dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
unable to create `/usr/bin/lsof.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/bin/lsof'): Permission denied
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously deselected package libmd5-perl.
Unpacking libmd5-perl (from .../libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package rkhunter.
Unpacking rkhunter (from .../rkhunter_1.3.4-5_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/rkhunter_1.3.4-5_all.deb (--unpack):
unable to create `/usr/bin/rkhunter.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/bin/rkhunter'): Permission denied
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously deselected package unhide.
Unpacking unhide (from .../unhide_20080519-4_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/unhide_20080519-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
unable to create `/usr/sbin/unhide-posix.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/sbin/unhide-posix'): Permission denied
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/lsof_4.81.dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/rkhunter_1.3.4-5_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/unhide_20080519-4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up libmd5-perl (2.03-1) ...
Building dependency tree... 0%
Building dependency tree... 50%
Building dependency tree... 50%
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... 0%
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I have removed some lines to reduce the text. All the error messages are in here though. My experience with linux is limited and i am not sure what the problem is or how it is to be resolved.
Thanks.
