Re: Can't install packages

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>]

Am 2006-01-07 05:29:35, schrieb Bas Cancrinus:
> Dear list,
> 
> When I try to install an arbitrary package with apt-get or dselect I always
> receive the following error:
> 
> ...
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xyz.deb
> (--unpack):
>  files list file for package `sysv-rc' is missing final newline
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/xyz.deb

it is /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysv-rc.list

So try:  echo >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysv-rc.list
              ^^
         There are two

And then retry installation.

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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