error message when trying to install.

[Colin Law]

On 9 January 2017 at 00:48, luis talavera <luistalaver at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I can't install anything in my Linux Mint 17, it returns this error message.
> I can't install even from the software centre that include my Mint. Could
> you help me?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
>
>
> (synaptic:16612): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid >
> 0' failed
> dpkg: error: al analizar el fichero `/var/lib/dpkg/available' cerca de la
> línea 47690 paquete 'libxcursor1:amd64':

I believe that means that the 'available' file is corrupted.  You can
clear this using

sudo dpkg --clear-avail

then restore it and bring the system up to date using

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and hopefully all will then be well.

Colin