[ubuntu-nz] problems updating or installing any downloaded software

[David Beale]

hi Jeff/Group,
well the problem remains:
this is what I have tried so far:
Sudo apt-get clean    ....to clear out local repository 
then run update manager, nothing showing as down loaded, so chose to
download and install one update only (adobe reader update). down loaded
and tried to install....failed with same error.
Run:
sudo apt-get purge libxine1-console
failed with same error
ERROR MESSAGE EXACTLY AS PRESENTED;
install archives () failed: reconfiguring packages...
reconfiguring packages...
reconfiguring packages...
dpkg:error:parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 23438
package 'libxine1-console':field name 'XX' must be followed by colon
E:sub process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

so it would seem that short of getting into libxine-console and trying
to manually over write the error I'm between a rock and a hard place.

Just about at the stage of formatting and doing a complete reinstall. If
I do may go back to version 10.10. Preferred that GUI.


Any other suggestions I could try first?? Really would like to overcome
the problem as a learning exercise.
Cheers
Dave





On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 05:24 +1200, Jeff Hunt wrote:
> The man apt-get page is one of the most readable in the system (which
> isn't saying very much). Try the command man apt-get when you feel
> brave.
> 
> I think this may be fixed for you in time. I searched on the problem
> you have and couldn't find it but if the package is mis-named there
> will be a lot of bothered people out there.
> 
> The trick will be to correctly identify the name of the package to
> remove and then try something like
> sudo apt-get purge libxine
> If you continue to get the same problem uninstalling then you really
> do have a head-scratcher.
> 
> It will take a bit of time and bother but the upgrade process is very
> robust and once it gets this out of the way it will be fine. I would
> be wary of interfering with systems like update and synaptic.
> 
> I had a similar problem with a package with a misnamed version number
> and the system rejected it until it was re-packaged and made available
> again.
> 
> Incidentally there is a very good section in the Ubuntu help these
> days for getting multimedia to play using gstreamer. You can find it
> under playing dvd's I think and just follow through clicking on the
> downloads  and it works.
> A simple install of Audacity is also very good for multi-media.
> 
> I'd be interested in how you get on.
> 
> On 6/19/11, David Beale <daveandgail at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> > hi Jeff/group,
> > 	tried to un-install as you suggested, using synaptic but got the same
> > error.
> > Libxine1 is a video media package that I am quite happy to get rid of
> > the whole thing but like I say it won't un-install whilst it has this
> > file naming error. I am reluctant to just start deleting files.
> > Also it is difficult to ascertain which of the various media (video)
> > programs use libxine
> > i have tried to re-install all apps within the libxine group usin
> > synaptic but to no avail.
> > I am not that good at using the command line on a terminal (know enough
> > to be dangerous) so any further suggestions would be welcome.
> > Thanks
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 18:09 +1200, Jeff Hunt wrote:
> >> A guess but libxine is not the download system so I guess that it has
> >> been put into the repository with a faulty name and the whole process
> >> is hanging because it can't get past this.
> >>
> >> If you have one of the xine family installed I would try to uninstall
> >> it and then redo the download process.
> >>
> >> On 6/19/11, David Beale <daveandgail at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> >> > hi group,
> >> > 	I did try to post this with a couple of screen shots attached but that
> >> > got hung up in the system (maybe doesn't like attachments)
> >> >
> >> > I can down load updates but when it comes to installing them it has a
> >> > couple of cracks at de-packaging them and then faults with the following
> >> > error:
> >> > dpkg:erroe:parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available near line 23438 package
> >> > ' libxine1-consule feild name 'xx' must be followed by a colon
> >> >
> >> > The XX are a box with two zeros on top line with 15 underneath
> >> >
> >> > At the time 54 updates were down loaded but none of them were installed
> >> >
> >> > this problem occurs also if I use either a terminal or synaptic to try
> >> > and update
> >> >
> >> > Thought I would use Synaptic to reinstall Update Manager but it informs
> >> > me that I already have the latest version. I guess the next step would
> >> > be to remove update manager (not entirely sure how to do this) and
> >> > re-install but due to the fault occurring with synaptic and when using a
> >> > terminal perhaps the fault lays elsewhere.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be welcome
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Dave
> >> >
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