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spank 11-20-2005 09:34 AM

kubuntu apt problem
 
i recently installed kubuntu 5.1 and when i try to apt-get install some progs i get the following error message:
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package nmap.
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nmap_3.81-2ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
files list file for package `kpdf' is missing final newline
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/nmap_3.81-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

what can i do ? please help!

akudewan 11-20-2005 10:20 AM

Try
Code:

apt-get update
Synaptic is a very nice tool, try using it :)
(Ubuntu has it, not sure about Kubuntu)

spank 11-20-2005 10:23 AM

i've tryed that before apt-get install


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