[Bug 863199] Re: Update Manager does not update-shows error

[Raphaël Hertzog]

You have been given bad advice. They meant "sudo dpkg --configure -a" or
"sudo apt-get -f install". But this is not a user support channel... so
I'm closing this bug report since it doesn't contain any useful bug.

Concerning the "dpkg-mainscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the
package" error message, it's a bug in debconf that's already reported.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Update Manager does not update-shows error

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Update Manager did not update and showed error. I went to the Ubuntu Forums and posted my problem. It was suggested I run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a' in the terminal. I ran and it shows this : 'dpkg-mainscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the package'.
  Need help to solve this as all my updates have been downloaded but not installed.

  Thank you.

  Regards

  Krishna

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gdebi 0.7.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.49-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Sep 30 16:35:37 2011
  InstallationMedia: Zorin OS 5 32 bit - Release i386
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_IN
   LC_MESSAGES=en_IN.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gdebi
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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