software-center crashed with IOError in __bootstrap_inner(): [Errno 5] Input/output error

Tried to update a package. Finally did it by hand:

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(Reading database ... 426700 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../vstudio_x64_5_lin.deb ...
Unpacking vstudio (5.7.1) over (5.7.0) ...
Setting up vstudio (5.7.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...

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(Error ID: OOPS-8948a52d3aef85d6945440c8d6956720)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: software-center 13.10-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Feb 9 14:18:47 2015
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-17 (357 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center /home/username/Downloads/vstudio_x64_5_lin.deb
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', '/home/username/Downloads/vstudio_x64_5_lin.deb']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with IOError in __bootstrap_inner(): [Errno 5] Input/output error
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-23 (261 days ago)
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