package xchat-common 2.8.6-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error

[Josh_McC]

Binary package hint: xchat

The installer hung for excessive amount of time and I didn't want to risk any further system changes so I restarted

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 2 18:28:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: xchat-common 2.8.6-4ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: xchat
Title: package xchat-common 2.8.6-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic x86_64

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error caused by a corrupted archive or a disk error. Please execute the following commands, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue. If so please set the bug's status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

[Josh_McC (marduk1)]

Xchat works fine now, so the error was really no big deal. Thanks for the help!