Re: Can't use dpkg (and thus apt-get et al.)

[Michael Spang <mike@midgard.no-ip.org>]

David R. Litwin wrote:

> An update:
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure debconf
> dpkg-query: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 359695
> package `dcgui':
> field name `
> /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: debconf is not installed
>
> But, when I apt-get install debconf
>
> debconf is already the newest version.
>
> What do you make of this?
>
> --
> —A watched bread-crumb never boils.
> —My hover-craft is full of eels.
> —[...]and that's the he and the she of it.
>  
fsck? Your /var/lib/dpkg/available is corrupt. You might have to remove 
the offending lines. Just remember to save a copy somewhere before 
making changes.

Michael Spang