This one time, at band camp, franck routier said: > Hi, > > after a power shortage, I now have a problem with > /var/lib/dpkg/available. > > When I run dpkg, it finds a parse error at line 1 : EOF after field " " > > I cannot install any new package and my system was left in an unstable > state (some libs seems not to be available anymore, so gdm or > firestarter won't start). > > Is there a way to reconstruct available from scratch ? > What can I do to recover ?
There is a /var/lib/dpkg/available-old - try copying it over and see how that goes. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Every man thinks God is on his side. | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The rich and powerful know that he is. | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | -- Jean Anouilh, "The Lark" | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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