sudo dpkg --clear-avail fixed it. i should have tried this first. please ignore this bug.
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 13468 package `xcursorgen' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162080 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs