software index is broken
Software index is broken
"Software index is broken
It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first."
This is the response I am getting from update manager. After following the above the Synaptic method just doesn't work at all. The Terminal method I get this:
"russ@FishTank:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
gnome-btdownload
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After
unpacking 496kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 101476 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gnome-btdownload ...
dpkg: error processing gnome-btdownload (--remove):
cannot remove file `/usr/share/man/man1/gnome-btdownload.1.gz': Not a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-btdownload
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"
Any advice will be most welcomed. Using "Gutsy"
Many thx in anticipation
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