update manager failed on package libgnome-window-settings1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Update manager failed with following error message:
"installArchives() failed: dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/
missing version"
Tried to remove and reinstall mentioned package in synaptic package manager which gave me following error message:
"dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/
missing version
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:"
Nothing was recovered.
No program can be installed anymore, without the same error message
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libgnome-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 14 23:15:16 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
affects: | ubuntu → gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Hello
Please run in a terminal
sudo apt-get clean
and start again update manager
Thanks
Fabio