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Invalid url:`var/lib/lock/dpkg/lock`given,existing No `:`in the uri
This is the error from the lock. From Perl I get: you have not cofigured a urlist for CPAN mirrors/blocked urlist.pm yaml not installed. The error console is full of: unknown property
word-break, ...
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'E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)' while updating [duplicate]
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getting error message Package operation failed
Terminal
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0:
field name ...
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If I add some packages to “Recommends:”, will apps pull them in with the update?
I have a quesion about Debian packaging. I know that if I make a package depend on a larger number of packages then before, the newly introduced dependencies will be automatically downloaded by almost ...
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Update manager can not open due to missing /var/lib/dpkg/status
Update manger won't open saying
E: could not open file/var/lib/dpkg/status - open(2: No such file or directory),
E:the package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
what to do?
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After update: `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/md5sums': Is a directory [closed]
after updating my system today the following showed up. This is the result of running apt-get install -f:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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apt-get stuck on libboo2.0.9-cil upgrade [closed]
For whatever reason, aptitude is stuck on upgrading libboo2.0.9-cil. I tried dpkg --configure -a and restarting the upgrade, but that doesn't seem to do anything. It just sits there on
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Customize software sources for Ubuntu Desktop updater to manage?
I love the software updater in Ubuntu Desktop and want to configure underlying package managers with other sources of software. Sometimes I run into a new software project that isn't delivered ...
