After Lotus Symphony install, can't install new packages

[Catfish Dubois]

I installed Lotus Symphony 1.3 today and ever since then I have been unable to install packages in synaptic or the ubuntu software center. When I try, I get the following:

Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0: field name `/opt/ibm/lotus/Symphony/framework/shared/eclipse/plugins/com.ibm.productivity.tools.standalone.launcher.lin ux.x86_1.5.0.20090908-0900/IBM' must be followed by colon E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

I uninstalled Symphony to no avail. I also cannot find the supposed file /opt/ibm/Symphony/framework/shared/eclipse/plugins

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[trozamon]

I don't know. Try this:

sudo apt-get install -f

That may or may not fix it.

[bodhi.zazen]

Well two things.

First that package is broken, and as it is not in the Ubuntu repositories, you will have to contact IBM for support

To fix it you will have to remove it.

sudo dpkg --remove --force-all name_of_your_Lotus_package

or

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq name_of_your_Lotus_package

If that fails see:

http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/apt...oken-packages/

and post any error messages.