I can not upgrade

[D.J. Fox]

The softwx is broken I can not upgrade my computer to 8.04
Someone please help me out I am getting pissed that I can not get my upgrade and play the latest games.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 17 17:24:25 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.18.2-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-terminal
ProcCwd: /home/psychicfox
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux Salamander 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[Jorge Castro (jorge)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade to this bug report? This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

[D.J. Fox (bahrem)]

Sorry man Ubuntu is too new for me, I have no idea how to operate it like you guys. A friend gave me this computer with the software installed.

This is the message I get when I try to upgrade:Software index is broken

It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first.

I don't know the password to repair the software myself but I can tell you I think the damage was cause due to a forced shutdown in the middle of an update/upgrade.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Without more information regarding which packages are causing the error, the bug triaging team cannot assist in resolving the symptoms.