[Bug 898426] Re: Running ubuntu 11.10 and trying to do they system update. Keep getting "package failed".

[Raphaël Hertzog]

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011, Jason U wrote:
> Thanks for your help.  Were do I enter this information?

In a terminal.

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Title:
  Running ubuntu 11.10 and trying to do they system update.  Keep
  getting "package failed".

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Here are the details in the report:

  installArchives() failed:
  Extracting templates from packages: 17%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 34%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 51%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 68%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 85%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 100%%

  Preconfiguring packages ...

  Extracting templates from packages: 17%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 34%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 51%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 68%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 85%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 100%%

  Preconfiguring packages ...

  Extracting templates from packages: 17%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 34%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 51%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 68%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 85%%
  Extracting templates from packages: 100%%

  Preconfiguring packages ...

  dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 13361
  package 'python-pycurl':

   field name `Arch' must be followed by colon

  Error in function:

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Nov 30 16:28:38 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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