darkside:/home/darkside# apt-get --reinstall install python-extclass Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libenchant1c2a cupsys-common libgnomeui-common libosp5 w3c-dtd-xhtml python-libxml2 docbook-xml python-numeric libbonoboui2-common libwnck-common libslp1 libeel2-data libxres1 libmozjs0d gnome-mime-data poppler-utils sgml-data libavahi-glib1 libxml2-utils libxul-common dpatch python-cairo Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be upgraded: python-extclass 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 445 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/151kB of archives. After unpacking 512kB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-extclass' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. 84930 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace python-extclass 1.2.0zope-2.5.1-5 (using .../python-extclass_1.2.0zope-2.5.1-5_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-extclass_1.2.0zope-2.5.1-5_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to install updated status of `python-extclass': No such file or directory