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A while ago updates stopped working. Now, when running apt-get, I get the following error:

Errors were encountered while processing:
libgl1-mesa-glx
libglu1-mesa
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

EDIT: output http://pastebin.com/xcKLrFgV

Also, running Ubuntu 11.04

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can you pastebin.com the entire trace of sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade as well as cat /etc/apt/sources.list - thanks. – fossfreedom♦ Feb 7 '12 at 20:41
It would help to see the results requested by fossfreedom. You could try sudo dpkg --configure -a – Jeremy Jared Feb 7 '12 at 21:09
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade as well as cat /etc/apt/sources.list output added. – B Seven Feb 7 '12 at 23:17
Looks like the issue is with a segmentation fault in the package, or within apt. Does this happen with any other packages? – The Lord of Time Feb 7 '12 at 23:51
Have you tried to install libgl1-mesa-glx before installing libglu1-mesa? Somethink like: sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx && sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa – desgua Feb 8 '12 at 0:02
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After spending hours and hours trying to fix it and Googling, I reinstalled the OS off the installation CD I burned. I think that took only 15 minutes.

So, the lesson is to keep all you data on a separate partition. I probably don't need any updates anyway because 11.04 works fine the way it is. The entire OS only uses 4GB, so a 64GB SSD with 2 partitions works great.

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