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Re: APT/dpkg info file missing !!!



On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 07:59:22PM -0400, Hamid wrote:
> Now I want to get back to gdm (kdm keeps locking up my machine), but I 
> get the following message:
> "dpkg: failed to open package info file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' for 
> reading: No such file or directory
>  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)"
> 
> Does it mean I have to reinstall dpkg (which I do not know how) ?

No, you don't.  apt-get update will update /var/lib/dpkg/available, and
there is also a backup of that file, /var/lib/dpkg/available-old.  You
can always copy it into place.

-- 
Seneca
seneca-cunningham@rogers.com

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