Problem on running upgrade

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Debian Etch - fresh installation


$ sudo aptitude upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-image-2.6.18-6-486
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/16.2MB of archives. After unpacking 1839kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8090 package `gtk2-engines-pixbuf':
 `Depends' field, reference to `libglib2.0-0': version contains ` '
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/available' near line 8090 package `gtk2-engines-pixbuf':
 `Depends' field, reference to `libglib2.0-0': version contains ` '

Please advise how to fix it. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[DingoBoy]

Hi folks,


Debian Etch - fresh installation


$ sudo aptitude upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-image-2.6.18-6-486
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/16.2MB of archives. After unpacking 1839kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8090 package `gtk2-engines-pixbuf':
 `Depends' field, reference to `libglib2.0-0': version contains ` '
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/available' near line 8090 package `gtk2-engines-pixbuf':
 `Depends' field, reference to `libglib2.0-0': version contains ` '

Please advise how to fix it. TIA


B.R.
satimis

Try a dpkg-reconfigure -a. This reconfigures your Synaptic (AKA dpkg) to the standart.

Comradly, DingoBoy.

[L4Linux]

You can also try this:

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get install -f

When it finishes, try again sudo aptitude upgrade.

[DingoBoy]

You can also try this:

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get install -f

When it finishes, try again sudo aptitude upgrade.

That's better yes. I'd (personally) do the dpkg-reconfigure first, then this.

There is nothing principally unclean about my way is there?

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Thanks for your advice.


Solved the problem already.


IIRC there wa a package in problem. I removed it and restall it on debian-backport the problem was gone.


B.R.
satimis

[L4Linux]

That's better yes. I'd (personally) do the dpkg-reconfigure first, then this.

There is nothing principally unclean about my way is there?

No, dpkg-reconfigure and apt-get install -f are basically the same thing, because apt is a front-end to dpkg.

[DingoBoy]

No, dpkg-reconfigure and apt-get install -f are basically the same thing, because apt is a front-end to dpkg.

Oh yes i know. I just didn't assume you'd advince for the same thing with a different coat. Glad i was corrected.