package libpam0g:amd64 1.4.0-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package libpam0g:amd64 is already installed and configured

[Edjard de Souza Mota]

I am just trying to update chrome. I downloade the .deb package but the command to upgrade is showing an error

**************** first attempt via terminal ***********************
$ sudo apt --only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable
[sudo] password for edjard:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  google-chrome-stable
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 256 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/93,9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 2.791 kB of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 loading files list file for package 'git-man': cannot read /var/lib/dpkg/info/git-man.list (Input/output
error)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
******************************************************************

Then I decided to upgrade via ubunt software update, and then the error I am reporting make the installation crashes.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: libpam0g:amd64 1.4.0-11ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-56.62-generic 5.15.64
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.2
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu39
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Thu Mar 16 11:11:39 2023
ErrorMessage: package libpam0g:amd64 is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-04 (223 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
 apt 2.4.8
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package libpam0g:amd64 1.4.0-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package libpam0g:amd64 is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

The error is:

 loading files list file for package 'git-man': cannot read /var/lib/dpkg/info/git-man.list (Input/output error)

This indicates your hard drive is failing (or not properly connected or something). You want to buy a new hard drive and copy your data over before it's totally gone.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

You can also see that in your dmesg, that your SSD is breaking apart:

[1604923.708864] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 12445456 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[1605078.558518] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 12445456 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[1605278.255457] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 12445456 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[1605438.444747] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 12445456 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[1605438.533489] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 12445456 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[1605438.602421] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 12445456 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[1605438.665225] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 12445456 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0