Re: how to fix dpkg error about

[Mitchell Laks <mlaks@post.harvard.edu>]

The answer to how to fix dpkg errors caused by faulty entries in the available file is the following

see this url for the solution
http://www.bitsbythepound.com/fix-dpkg-available-file-in-ubuntu-364.html


Symptom: Every time an apt-get command is run, some sort of error or warning is reported stating that an available package has a corrupt version number.

Cause: The ‘available’ file used by dpkg contains erroneous information or is corrupted.

Solution: Rebuild the ‘available’ file.

Recipe:

1. Back up current file
as root do the following

 cp /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available.broken

2. Delete current ‘available’ file
 dpgk --clear-avail

3. Rebuild ‘available’ file
apt-get  update

then it will be ok