Error message during upgrade package base-files 9.4ubuntu4.11 failed to install/upgrade: package base-files is already installed and configured

[Anatoly S]

I'm getting erro message during upgrade of my xubuntu PC.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: base-files 9.4ubuntu4.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-184.214-generic 4.4.223
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-184-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
AptTermLog:

AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.2
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 640:0:116:87907:2023-09-24 14:26:43.919826745 +0300:2023-09-24 14:26:47.879736581 +0300:/var/crash/libzstd1.0.crash
 644:0:116:0:2023-09-24 14:26:47.879736581 +0300:2023-09-24 14:26:47.879736581 +0300:/var/crash/libzstd1.0.upload
 600:0:116:83575:2023-09-24 14:26:05.481290578 +0300:2023-09-24 14:26:06.481290578 +0300:/var/crash/base-files.0.crash
 600:0:116:84055:2023-09-24 14:26:07.005266075 +0300:2023-09-24 14:26:06.965267945 +0300:/var/crash/libc6:amd64.0.crash
Date: Sun Sep 24 14:26:06 2023
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: package base-files is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-13 (1290 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
 apt 1.2.32ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package base-files 9.4ubuntu4.11 failed to install/upgrade: package base-files is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

This looks like broken hardware, trying to read the file it tells us a no device error.

dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libfdisk1:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 unable to open files list file for package 'libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:amd64': No such device or address