[Bug 948539] Re: updating get installArchives() failed error

[sckbr@windstream.net]

I'm having the same problem. This is just after three days of failure to
get past crash(es) while reinstalling    11.10; crashes occurred during
attempted installation of English language package, and in fact the same
error message seen at the bottom of this conservation is Germain. There
are 301 upgrades that can't be downloaded.

installArchives() failed: 
Extracting templates from packages: 9%%
Extracting templates from packages: 19%%
Extracting templates from packages: 29%%
Extracting templates from packages: 39%%
Extracting templates from packages: 49%%
Extracting templates from packages: 59%%
Extracting templates from packages: 69%%
Extracting templates from packages: 79%%
Extracting templates from packages: 89%%
Extracting templates from packages: 99%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%

Preconfiguring packages ...


Extracting templates from packages: 9%%
Extracting templates from packages: 19%%
Extracting templates from packages: 29%%
Extracting templates from packages: 39%%
Extracting templates from packages: 49%%
Extracting templates from packages: 59%%
Extracting templates from packages: 69%%
Extracting templates from packages: 79%%
Extracting templates from packages: 89%%
Extracting templates from packages: 99%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%

Preconfiguring packages ...


Extracting templates from packages: 9%%
Extracting templates from packages: 19%%
Extracting templates from packages: 29%%
Extracting templates from packages: 39%%
Extracting templates from packages: 49%%
Extracting templates from packages: 59%%
Extracting templates from packages: 69%%
Extracting templates from packages: 79%%
Extracting templates from packages: 89%%
Extracting templates from packages: 99%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%

Preconfiguring packages ...

dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 4131
package 'python-zope.interface':

 error in Version string '0:3.6.1-dates for language English

 Translation data updates for all supported packages for:

 English

 .

 language-pack-en-base provides the bulk of translation data

 and is updated only seldom. This package provides frequent translation

 updates.': version string has embedded spaces

Error in function:

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Title:
  updating get installArchives() failed error

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.10. Release 11.10

  Get the download updates but the installation fails with
  "installAarchive() failed" error.  Have 12 updates unstalled.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Mar  6 14:46:59 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-21 (137 days ago)

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