Re: problem with fuse-utils ( ntfs-3g )

[bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)]

tombs wrote:
> Manhattan:/home/tombs# aptitude reinstall fuse-utils

The '#' in the prompt causes me to assume that you are root.

> The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
>  fuse-utils
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 232 not upgraded.

Good.

> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Writing extended state information... Error!
> E: I wasn't able to locate file for the fuse-utils package. This might mean
> you need to manually fix this package.
> E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?

Root can't create a lock?  Are you running SElinux?  If so then
apparently the security policy layer is not adequately configured.
With selinux active root might not be the superuser and might not have
full system superuser permissions.

> Do you have any other idea please?

I am hoping that you say that yes you are running selinux and that
disabling it at least briefly allows this operation to complete. :-)

If that is not the case then I would force it at the dpkg level.  The
'dpkg' command has several "force" options to deal with specific
problem situations such as this one.  The force option that applies
here is --force-remove-reinstreq.  If all else has failed, and I think
you are at that point, then try this:

  dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq fuse-utils

Bob