Thread: Apt-Get hangs while trying to install anything

hello having issue ubuntu lucid installation. has been working fine long time, , of sudden in past few days, it's been freezing try install packages. in particular, it's happened klamav , firestarter. gets "unpacking replacement menu ..." , hangs indefinitely: patrick@patrick-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install firestarter reading package lists... done building dependency tree reading state information... done following packages automatically installed , no longer required: chromium-browser-inspector use 'apt-get autoremove' remove them. following packages installed: menu suggested packages: dhcp3-server following new packages installed: firestarter following packages upgraded: menu 1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 remove , 7 not upgraded. 1 not installed or removed. need 0b/874kb of archives. after operation, 4,108kb of additional disk space used. want continue [y/n]? y (reading database ... dpkg: warning: files list file package `menu' missing, assuming package has no files installed. (reading database ... 250945 files , directories installed.) preparing replace menu 2.1.43ubuntu1 (using .../menu_2.1.43ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... unpacking replacement menu ...

reading stuff pain , if want help, dont discourage braves.

clean system:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove

, check, synaptic, dont have untrusted repo (like ppa)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f

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