Rodolfo, I don't know how you manage to get a "clean" cache (with the debs you needed)
I tried the following but got the following results :( [Tue Feb 03 19:40:57 shir...@shirish-desktop:/var/cache/apt/archives ] $ ll libc6* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4364500 2009-01-09 20:35 libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3406112 2009-01-09 20:35 libc6-dev_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1285546 2009-01-09 20:35 libc6-i686_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8_i386.deb [Tue Feb 03 19:41:09 shir...@shirish-desktop:/var/cache/apt/archives ] $ ll findutils* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 385988 2008-07-04 02:36 findutils_4.4.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb $ sudo dpkg --force-depends --install libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8_i386.deb findutils_4.4.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb [sudo] password for shirish: dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: Read-only file system -- coreutils and debianutils dependency cycle on reinstall command https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124895 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
