Re: Error from dpkg via apt-get.

[Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz>]

On 11/11/20 10:00 PM, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> More about wicd later.  This is a more immediate problem.
> 
> An attempt to install a package begins as expected.
> For example apt-get install exim4 retrieves exim4-base and
> etc.  Then preconfigures.
> 
> Then this.
> 
> Selecting previously unselected package exim4-config.
> dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
>  files list file for package 'libqt5script5:i386' is missing final newline
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (2)
> 
> Any suggestions to fix this?  Aside from reinstalling the
> system of course.
> 
> Thx,                      ... Peter E.
> 


Hi,

your problem may be similar to that -

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1106373/files-list-file-for-package-package-is-missing-final-newline

so you can try to purge 'libqt5script5:i386' package and delete its
content under /var/lib/dpkg/info/

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi