Update Manager - dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' [closed]
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OS - Linux Mint 19 Kernel - 4.15.0-38-generic.
Update Manager shows 1 update available. I click on the option to "Install updates". File downloads OK, but installing software produces the following error message:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 6876:
empty field name
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
update-manager
asked Nov 12 at 21:54
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closed as off-topic by N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen Nov 12 at 23:12
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- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen
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OS - Linux Mint 19 Kernel - 4.15.0-38-generic.
Update Manager shows 1 update available. I click on the option to "Install updates". File downloads OK, but installing software produces the following error message:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 6876:
empty field name
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
update-manager
asked Nov 12 at 21:54
Reginald BYRDE
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closed as off-topic by N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen Nov 12 at 23:12
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
This site offers support only for official flavors of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is off-topic here but questions about it maybe welcome at unix.stackexchange.com.
– DK Bose
Nov 12 at 22:14
Possible duplicate of dpkg exit with error parsing file `/var/lib/dpkg/status`, what to do?
– S_Flash
Nov 12 at 22:17
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OS - Linux Mint 19 Kernel - 4.15.0-38-generic.
Update Manager shows 1 update available. I click on the option to "Install updates". File downloads OK, but installing software produces the following error message:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 6876:
empty field name
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
update-manager
asked Nov 12 at 21:54
Reginald BYRDE
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OS - Linux Mint 19 Kernel - 4.15.0-38-generic.
Update Manager shows 1 update available. I click on the option to "Install updates". File downloads OK, but installing software produces the following error message:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 6876:
empty field name
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
update-manager
update-manager
asked Nov 12 at 21:54
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closed as off-topic by N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen Nov 12 at 23:12
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as off-topic by N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen Nov 12 at 23:12
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – N0rbert, DK Bose, chili555, karel, George Udosen
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
This site offers support only for official flavors of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is off-topic here but questions about it maybe welcome at unix.stackexchange.com.
– DK Bose
Nov 12 at 22:14
Possible duplicate of dpkg exit with error parsing file `/var/lib/dpkg/status`, what to do?
– S_Flash
Nov 12 at 22:17
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This site offers support only for official flavors of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is off-topic here but questions about it maybe welcome at unix.stackexchange.com.
– DK Bose
Nov 12 at 22:14
Possible duplicate of dpkg exit with error parsing file `/var/lib/dpkg/status`, what to do?
– S_Flash
Nov 12 at 22:17
This site offers support only for official flavors of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is off-topic here but questions about it maybe welcome at unix.stackexchange.com.
– DK Bose
Nov 12 at 22:14
This site offers support only for official flavors of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is off-topic here but questions about it maybe welcome at unix.stackexchange.com.
– DK Bose
Nov 12 at 22:14
Possible duplicate of dpkg exit with error parsing file `/var/lib/dpkg/status`, what to do?
– S_Flash
Nov 12 at 22:17
Possible duplicate of dpkg exit with error parsing file `/var/lib/dpkg/status`, what to do?
– S_Flash
Nov 12 at 22:17
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This site offers support only for official flavors of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is off-topic here but questions about it maybe welcome at unix.stackexchange.com.
– DK Bose
Nov 12 at 22:14
Possible duplicate of dpkg exit with error parsing file `/var/lib/dpkg/status`, what to do?
– S_Flash
Nov 12 at 22:17