[ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

[Alan Bell]

nstallArchives() failed: warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near 
line 46354 package 'virtualbox-3.0':
> error in Version string '3.0.14-58977_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid 
> character in revision number
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 48216 package 
> 'virtualbox-2.2':
> error in Version string '2.2.4-47978_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character 
> in revision number
>
just to expand on that a little, my theory is that 
"2.2.4-47978_Ubuntu_jaunty" contains invalid characters, possibly 
expecting it to be numeric, although adding -ubuntuX to a version number 
is standard practice for Ubuntu patched Debian packages. This is old 
stuff anyway and it is possible that since then the package revision 
number validation rules have changed.

Alan.