--- Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > Debian Etch - fresh installation > > > > > > $ sudo aptitude upgrade > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading extended state information > > Initializing package states... Done > > Reading task descriptions... Done > > Building tag database... Done > > The following packages will be upgraded: > > linux-image-2.6.18-6-486 > > 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not > upgraded. > > Need to get 0B/16.2MB of archives. After unpacking 1839kB will be > used. > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8090 > > package `gtk2-engines-pixbuf': > > `Depends' field, reference to `libglib2.0-0': version contains ` ' > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) > > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > > dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8090 > > package `gtk2-engines-pixbuf': > > `Depends' field, reference to `libglib2.0-0': version contains ` ' > > * end * > > > > Please advise how to fix it. TIA > > > > > > Remark: > > > > $ sudo apt-get upgrade > > same result > > Have you tried > > (as root) > > apt-get update > > then > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > ? Hi Bret, Yes I did. It was still the same. # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: linux-image-2.6.18-6-486 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/16.2MB of archives. After unpacking 1839kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8090 package `gtk2-engines-pixbuf': `Depends' field, reference to `libglib2.0-0': version contains ` ' E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) * end * B.R. Stephen L Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
