Re: Package database
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:31:25PM +0200, ccostin wrote:
> If in mc -> Status section from /var/lib/dpkg/status , is modified from
> Package: mc
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: utils
>
> into
> Package: mc
> Status: install ok installd <- an error appear installd, instead of
> installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: utils
>
> apt-get remove/install any_package won't work (not mc), not even
> apt-get install -f
That happened to me a while ago. I just corrected the file with vim (or
the editor of your choice.) and then tried apt-get ... and everything
was back to normal. Its only a text file after all.
--
Chris.
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