on Mon, Sep 23, 2002, BeerBong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello! > > I use Debian Woody. > I updated packages list today via 'Upade' dselect and select to > install 'perlmagick'. > When I tried to Install selected packages I got > > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > > How to solve the problem ?
Archive the broken file elsewhere. First try copying over /var/lib/dpkg/status-old in its place. You should have up to six backup copies in /var/backups as 'dpkg.status.[0-6]', higher numbers gzipped. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? How to unwedge / disable your X display manager login: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html
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