When "dpkg --configure -a" appears to freeze
9114
reconfiguration issues with dpkg
138125
dpkg: error: cannot scan updates directory `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/'
105770
Cannot use apt-get/dpkg -- Input/output error
1804
How to diagnose computer lockups and freezes?
32389
"cannot access archive: No such file or directory" when installing a package using dpkg
124704
Distinction between apt-cache and dpkg -l
63481
Configuring dpkg stops processing when calling an HTTP request to Adobe Flash Player
158767
How can I freeze the execution of a program?
23826
How do I fix a "Unknown configuration key `foreign-architecture' found in your `dpkg' configuration files." error?
144399
How can I debug frequent unrecoverable freezes?
26024
Software center freezing on start up
150033
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) for almost all updates
61856
How and why does QuickEdit mode in Command Prompt freeze applications?
52444
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0045' near line 0:
32186
dpkg-deb: error: archive ... has premature member 'control.tar.xz' before 'control.tar.gz', giving up
132120
I get this error: dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: files list file for package `fonts-tlwg-kinnari' contains empty filename
157396
Dependencies still exist in "dpkg -l" after running "apt-get remove dependencies-names"