hi all,
when i try to use apt an error occurs :

dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 27317 package 'virtualbox-3.0':
error in Version string `3.0.4-50677_Debian_lenny': invalid character in revision number
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

i tried to :

1- replace the file status with status-old
2- replace it with all the backups located in /var/backups/

and the same error occurs

any other solutions ??
thx in advance

Seems you are trying to install a poorly constructed package. If they can't even following the file naming conventions for a deb package I'd be very worried about the quality of the package itself. Any reason you are not using official virtualbox-ose packages from Debian?

Evo2.

i've installed this program a long time ago and i forgot to remove it, i do not use it .. but now it causes a problem

so, is there a solution to remove it or to fix this problem ??

this is the paragraph in "status"


Package: virtualbox-3.0
Status: deinstall ok config-files
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 84732
Maintainer: Sun Microsystems, Inc. <info@virtualbox.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 3.0.4-50677_Debian_lenny
Config-Version: 3.0.4-50677_Debian_lenny
Replaces: virtualbox
Provides: virtualbox
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libqt4-network (>= 4.4.3), libqtcore4 (>= 4.4.3), libqtgui4 (>= 4.4.3), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1), libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxmu6, libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.18), libxt6, python2.5 (>= 2.5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), psmisc, adduser
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 1.1) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: libasound2, libpulse0, libsdl-ttf2.0-0, linux-headers, gcc, make, binutils, libhal1 (>= 0.5), pdf-viewer, libgl1, python-central
Conflicts: virtualbox
Conffiles:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv 1832e30126dcc7a7bdebeb712f6ab26b
Description: Sun VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a powerful PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a
wide range of PC operating systems on your Linux system. This includes
Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others. VirtualBox comes with a broad
feature set and excellent performance, making it the premier virtualization
software solution on the market.
Python-Version: >= 2.4


the line mentioned in the error is in bold

Hi,

it seems you've marked this is [solved]. Care to let us know what you did? Did you edit the "Version:" line to make it conform (getting rid of the underscores in the revision string)?

Cheers,

Evo2.