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i am unable to install anything on my N900
when i try to remove anything i get this error


Nokia-N900:~# apt-get remove hildon-theme-alpha
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
hildon-theme-alpha
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
After this operation, 8417kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package `com.laminar-research.app.xplane-carrier' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Nokia-N900:~#


pls help
thx in advance

As root, do the following

and try installing again.

* Assuming com.laminar etc. is the filename of the actual list.

Looks like you were installing some alien package for webos or android??? Search the forum for threads please or try But may be you should change the package name to fit the stuff you were installing.

why is this thread a poll about an unrelated issue?

i had the same fatal unrecoverable error. i tried the solution and it worked.
finally my n900 was working aftr a year n half. thn i startd installing apps and while doing so i dont knw what happened and again app manager crashed.
now its even worse thn the last time. i cant open camera . it says memory not accessible. i cant install or del apps.
i dnt even knw the proper error. app mangr says manully do (dpkg--configure-a) but it also shows error that cant open/create lock files:no more space.

this is the error o get when i try to unistall smthng via apt-get remove.
could not open lock file \var\lib\dpkg\lock - open(13 permission denied)

You need some root enabling package like rootsh, sudser, opensshor the like installed to correct this error.
If you do not have any of these installed, you might just go and try to make a backup of your settings and contacts and stuff and reflash.
Then you might closely look at the memory space on rootfs, /home, MyDocs and swap. Some might be corrupted. But again you need some root enabling packages for this to work out.