• Registered: 2009-01-30
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Topic: strange error when trying to update

i get this message, any ideas how to solve this?

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 21476 package `vlc':
`Depends' field, reference to `libvlccore0': version contains ` '

  • From: California, USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-29
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Re: strange error when trying to update

Try removing vlc then reinstalling:

sudo apt-get purge vlc
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get -f install vlc
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  • Registered: 2009-01-30
  • Posts: 125

Re: strange error when trying to update

tried it, gives me:

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

  • From: California, USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-29
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Re: strange error when trying to update

Edit the /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride file and delete the line with postfix.

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