Re: apt-get problems

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> 
> 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.
> 


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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