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I'm new to linux so excuse my lacking experience. Anytime I try to install anything, including just running the updater, I get an error saying Package operation failed the details button shows this: 

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(Reading database ... 90%%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 reading files list for package 'libqt4-svg': Input/output error
Error in function:

Thanks for the help!

Tim
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libqt4-svg is a flashplugin-installer package; try an update with the fix option or upgrading the package from terminal:

sudo apt-get update -f
sudo apt-get upgrade libqt4-svg

If that doesn't work, your solution may be listed on the man page for apt-get. Here's how to view it and a few to try:

man apt-get
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get check
sudo apt-get autoclean

Next, try rebooting and then an update via terminal:

sudo reboot
sudo apt-get update

If that doesn't work, take a look at your software sources. In particular, look for old packages you may want to remove from the Other Software tab.

click the Dash Home
type Software Sources and hit Enter
from the top menu: Edit/Software Sources

This may also answer your question: update and upgrade ubuntu 11.10.

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