Thread: dpkg error, unable to update

hello unable update pc

keep getting error

dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 10037 package 'libavcodec-extra-53:amd64':
field name ``this' must followed colon
error in function:


hope can help

john

looks can says , insert colon.

code:

gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/available

or dpkg/available has backup. can try using it.

code:

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available.broken && sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available

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