How to Manually Recover Ubuntu 16.04 Broken System Easy Guide

March 8, 2016 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Manually Recover Ubuntu 16.04 Broken System

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Manually Recover Ubuntu 16.04 Broken System.

And this Reparation Workflow is Working also in Case of an Ubuntu 16.04 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.

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

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.

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 :)
Only in Case of No Solution then Recover the old "status" File!.
```
cp /var/lib/dpkg/status.bak /var/lib/dpkg/status
```
Last to Exit the SuperUser Session:
```
exit
```
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