E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)

Question

When I use sudo apt-get update I get following error.

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.

Answer 1

Open the terminal,Ctrl + Alt + T,

$ sudo cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ sudo apt-get update

Incase you get this error E: Lists directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is missing.

$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial