How to Manually Recover Ubuntu 14.04 Broken System Easy Guide

Manually Recover Ubuntu 14.04 Broken System

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Manually Recover Ubuntu 14.04 Broken System.

And this Reparation Workflow is Working also in Case of an Ubuntu 14.04 Apt-get/Dpkg “input/output”, “fatal error” and error (2) Issues!

Finally, this an Ultimate Procedure to try to get Recovered your Ubuntu system from a severe Issue.

1. First, Follow the First-Aid Auto-Repairing Procedure

   Fixing Ubuntu Broken System

   Ubuntu First-Aid Reparation

   The Linked Guide shows you How to Check Up your System Before this Manual Reparation!

2. Open Shell session
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
   Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   Hit Tab to Auto-Complete the Shell Commands…

3. Login as SuperUser
   Just to Make Shorter the Commands..

   sudo su

   In this Case, Triple Check the Commands Before Execution!
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

4. Collect a List of the Broken Packages.

   apt-get -f install

   Find inside the Output and Take Note of All the Packages that are Misbehaving.

5. Make a Copy of the Packages status File
   Just in case you’ll be forced to Restore them…

   cp /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.bak

6. Edit the dpkg “status” File.

   gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

   Or:

   nano /var/lib/dpkg/status

   Remove All Blocks Beginning with Package: [myPackageName] and Ended with a Blank Line
   Example:

   Package: libakonadi-kde4
   Status: install ok installed
   Priority: optional
   Section: libs
   Installed-Size: 3047
   Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers 
   Architecture: amd64
   Source: kdepimlibs
   Version: 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1
   Replaces: kdepimlibs-data, kdepimlibs5 (< 4:4.4.0)
   Depends: libakonadiprotocolinternals1 (>= 1.11.80), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libkdecore5 (>= 4:4.13.3), libkdeui5 (>= 4:4.13.3), libkio5 (>= 4:4.13.3), libqjson0 (>= 0.7.1), libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.6.1), libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-sql (>= 4:4.5.3), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libsolid4 (>= 4:4.13.3), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6)
   Breaks: kdepimlibs-data, kdepimlibs5 (< 4:4.4.0)
   Description: library for using the Akonadi PIM data server
   This is the client access library for using the Akonadi PIM data server.
   .
   This package is part of the KDE Development Platform PIM libraries module.
   Homepage: http://pim.kde.org/
   Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
   
   

   Save the File.

7. Try Again to Repairing System.

   apt-get -f install

   If Still New Broken Packages are Showing Up then Repeat the Former Step.
   With a More or Less large dose of Patience your Ubuntu Should be Successfully and Happily Recovered :)

8. Only in Case of No Solution then Recover the old "status" File!.

   cp /var/lib/dpkg/status.bak /var/lib/dpkg/status

9. Last to Exit the SuperUser Session:

   exit

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