package libavcodec52 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: kunde inte installera ny version av "/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52.20.1": Filen eller katalogen finns inte

[serein]

Binary package hint: ffmpeg

I discovered the problem after installing Imageshack Uploader 2.2.0 (http://imageshack.us/content.php?page=uploader&platform=linux). When starting the application, it argued; "error while loading shared libraries: libavcodec.so.52: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". So then I do a reinstall of libavcodec52 which crashes when trying to install, and now I've got this message from "dpkg --configure -a"; "dpkg: tolkningsfel, i filen "/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0001" nära rad 0:
 nyradstecken i fältnamn "#padding" (a somewhat of translation: 'dpkg; interpretation error in file "/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0001" near line 0: newline character in field name "#padding').

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libavcodec52 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering:
 libavcodec52: Install
 libavcodec52: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 20 00:47:29 2010
ErrorMessage: kunde inte installera ny version av "/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52.20.1": Filen eller katalogen finns inte
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
SourcePackage: ffmpeg
Title: package libavcodec52 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: kunde inte installera ny version av "/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52.20.1": Filen eller katalogen finns inte

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

This sounds to me that either your system got somehow corrupted or you've encountered a bug in dpkg. I'm therefore reassigning to dpkg so that an dpkg expert can have a look.

Besides, unfortunately we don't have the ressources to support packages that you've retrieved from non-ubuntu repositories.