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izese@izese-desktop:~$ dpkg --reconfigure -a
dpkg: unknown option --reconfigure

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages[*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL)[*].

Options marked[*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !

What should i do now?

pljvaldez

Sorry, my fault. I meant dpkg --configure -a

Joke-star

i got.

izese@izese-desktop:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
izese@izese-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0002' near line 1:
field name `
izese@izese-desktop:~$

pljvaldez

Okay, so now sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0002 and then try the dpkg command again.

Basically, what I think happened was one of the updates got borked. So just keep deleting them one by one until the dpkg command works correctly.

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izese@izese-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0002
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0002': No such file or directory
izese@izese-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0002

It must be deleted so how can i delete the others or is there an alternative to Dpkg?

pljvaldez

What is the output of ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/updates?

dpkg is the guts of the package management system. You won't be able to install any software until you resolve this situation.

Did you try running sudo dpkg --configure -a again?

zypres

My fix was deleting some more:
Then I did reconfigure -a and it all worked...