this is what I did in response: I copied the file (line 497) and then tried to update again. When the update was not successful I tried to move the original file back. This isa the error I got: sudo mv /home /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb [sudo] password for bmike1: mv: cannot overwrite non-directory ‘/var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb’ with directory ‘/home’ I saw the error so I did this: bmike1@c521 ~ $ cd /home bmike1@c521 /home $ mv /home /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb mv: try to overwrite ‘/var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb’, overriding mode 0644 (rw-r--r--)? ^Z [1]+ Stopped mv /home /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb bmike1@c521 /home $ mv var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb mv /home /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb mv: target ‘/var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb’ is not a directory bmike1@c521 /home $ mv var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb mv: cannot stat ‘var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb’: No such file or directory bmike1@c521 /home $ mv ./var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb mv: cannot stat ‘./var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb’: No such file or directory bmike1@c521 /home $ fg mv /home /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb bmike1@c521 /home $ ls /home bmike1 fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb lost+found bmike1@c521 /home $ I don't know what to do now! 497 sudo mv /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb /home 498 sudo mv /home/var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb 499 ls /home 500 sudo mv /home /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-updates-dev_2%3a15.200-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb -- :-)~MIKE~(-: