Re: apt-get problems
I got it working. The problem was, I had used alien to convert afterstep.rpm
to .deb, had installed it, then dpkg -r it. The conffiles were mentioned
in the status list. So I did a dpkg --purge afterstep, and then, viola,
apt-get is working again. whew, after a week of desperate attempts,
I got it atlast. You understand how i feel?
Once upon a time, Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net> found a keyboard. And typed:
>>
>> I am not able to use apt-get. If i run apt-get check or apt-get update,
>> it exits with error
>> Unable to parse /var/lib/dpkg/status (1)
>> The status file could not be opened or parsed.
>> Help.
>>
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>I would start by verifying that this file exists and has a reasonable
>contents:
>
>[01:32:50 tmp]$ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/status*
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 945859 Apr 30 01:08 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 945991 Apr 30 01:07
>/var/lib/dpkg/status-old
>[01:33:34 tmp]$ head /var/lib/dpkg/status
>Package: gnushogi
>Status: purge ok not-installed
>Priority: optional
>Section: games
>
>Package: offix-editor
>Status: purge ok not-installed
>Priority: optional
>Section: utils
>
>[01:33:41 tmp]$
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