rosstaman
September 7th, 2012, 02:16 AM
I have searched everywhere I know for information on this error and have found nothing. Help! This is affesting both updates and upgrades Here's the output from sudo apt-get upgrade (same error as update):
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic vlc vlc-nox
vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
The following packages will be upgraded:
accountsservice apport apport-gtk aptdaemon aptdaemon-data base-files compiz
compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compiz-plugins-default cups cups-bsd
cups-client cups-common cups-ppdc dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service
empathy empathy-common evince evince-common firefox firefox-globalmenu
firefox-gnome-support firefox-locale-en flashplugin-downloader:i386
flashplugin-installer fontconfig fontconfig-config fonts-opensymbol
gcalctool ghostscript ghostscript-cups ghostscript-x
gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-gudev-1.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0
gir1.2-launchpad-integration-3.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 glib-networking
glib-networking-common glib-networking-services gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center-data gnome-desktop3-data gnome-games-data
gnome-settings-daemon gnome-sudoku gnomine google-chrome-stable
idle-python2.7 imagemagick imagemagick-common initscripts jockey-common
jockey-gtk krb5-locales language-pack-en language-pack-en-base
language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-gnome-en-base launchpad-integration
libaccountsservice0 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0
libbonoboui2-common libcups2 libcupscgi1 libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2
libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libdconf-dbus-1-0 libdconf0 libdecoration0
libevince3-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libfreerdp-plugins-standard
libfreerdp1 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libglu1-mesa
libgnome-control-center1 libgnome-desktop-3-2 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-l10n
libgphoto2-port0 libgs9 libgs9-common libgssapi-krb5-2 libgudev-1.0-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3
libkrb5support0 liblaunchpad-integration-3.0-1
liblaunchpad-integration-common liblaunchpad-integration1
liblaunchpad-integration1.0-cil libldap-2.4-2 liblightdm-gobject-1-0
libmagickcore4 libmagickcore4-extra libmagickwand4
libmission-control-plugins0 libnautilus-extension1a libnspr4 libnspr4-0d
libnss3 libnss3-1d libnux-2.0-0 libnux-2.0-common libperl5.14 libpython2.7
libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core
libreoffice-draw libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk
libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math
libreoffice-style-human libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer
libsqlite3-0 libssl1.0.0 libssl1.0.0:i386 libudev0 libunity-core-5.0-5
libvlc5 libvlccore5 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-common libxatracker1 libxml-sax-perl
libxslt1.1 light-themes lightdm linux-libc-dev mahjongg nautilus
nautilus-data nautilus-sendto-empathy nux-tools openssl perl perl-base
perl-modules policykit-1-gnome python-apport python-aptdaemon
python-aptdaemon-gtk python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets
python-aptdaemon.gtkwidgets python-aptdaemon.pkcompat python-gst0.10
python-launchpad-integration python-problem-report
python-software-properties python-ubuntu-sso-client python-uno python2.7
python2.7-minimal resolvconf sessioninstaller software-center
software-properties-common software-properties-gtk sysv-rc sysvinit-utils
telepathy-mission-control-5 thunderbird thunderbird-globalmenu
thunderbird-gnome-support ttf-opensymbol tzdata ubuntu-docs
ubuntu-sso-client ubuntu-sso-client-gtk ubuntu-sso-client-qt
ubuntuone-installer udev unity unity-common unity-greeter unity-services
uno-libs3 update-manager update-manager-core update-notifier
update-notifier-common ure vlc-data xserver-common xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-video-intel xsltproc
208 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/266 MB of archives.
After this operation, 7,985 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: error: /var/lib/dpkg/info/format is corrupted, it should contain a database format version (an integer)
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic vlc vlc-nox
vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
The following packages will be upgraded:
accountsservice apport apport-gtk aptdaemon aptdaemon-data base-files compiz
compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compiz-plugins-default cups cups-bsd
cups-client cups-common cups-ppdc dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service
empathy empathy-common evince evince-common firefox firefox-globalmenu
firefox-gnome-support firefox-locale-en flashplugin-downloader:i386
flashplugin-installer fontconfig fontconfig-config fonts-opensymbol
gcalctool ghostscript ghostscript-cups ghostscript-x
gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-gudev-1.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0
gir1.2-launchpad-integration-3.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 glib-networking
glib-networking-common glib-networking-services gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center-data gnome-desktop3-data gnome-games-data
gnome-settings-daemon gnome-sudoku gnomine google-chrome-stable
idle-python2.7 imagemagick imagemagick-common initscripts jockey-common
jockey-gtk krb5-locales language-pack-en language-pack-en-base
language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-gnome-en-base launchpad-integration
libaccountsservice0 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0
libbonoboui2-common libcups2 libcupscgi1 libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2
libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libdconf-dbus-1-0 libdconf0 libdecoration0
libevince3-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libfreerdp-plugins-standard
libfreerdp1 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libglu1-mesa
libgnome-control-center1 libgnome-desktop-3-2 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-l10n
libgphoto2-port0 libgs9 libgs9-common libgssapi-krb5-2 libgudev-1.0-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3
libkrb5support0 liblaunchpad-integration-3.0-1
liblaunchpad-integration-common liblaunchpad-integration1
liblaunchpad-integration1.0-cil libldap-2.4-2 liblightdm-gobject-1-0
libmagickcore4 libmagickcore4-extra libmagickwand4
libmission-control-plugins0 libnautilus-extension1a libnspr4 libnspr4-0d
libnss3 libnss3-1d libnux-2.0-0 libnux-2.0-common libperl5.14 libpython2.7
libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core
libreoffice-draw libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk
libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math
libreoffice-style-human libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer
libsqlite3-0 libssl1.0.0 libssl1.0.0:i386 libudev0 libunity-core-5.0-5
libvlc5 libvlccore5 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-common libxatracker1 libxml-sax-perl
libxslt1.1 light-themes lightdm linux-libc-dev mahjongg nautilus
nautilus-data nautilus-sendto-empathy nux-tools openssl perl perl-base
perl-modules policykit-1-gnome python-apport python-aptdaemon
python-aptdaemon-gtk python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets
python-aptdaemon.gtkwidgets python-aptdaemon.pkcompat python-gst0.10
python-launchpad-integration python-problem-report
python-software-properties python-ubuntu-sso-client python-uno python2.7
python2.7-minimal resolvconf sessioninstaller software-center
software-properties-common software-properties-gtk sysv-rc sysvinit-utils
telepathy-mission-control-5 thunderbird thunderbird-globalmenu
thunderbird-gnome-support ttf-opensymbol tzdata ubuntu-docs
ubuntu-sso-client ubuntu-sso-client-gtk ubuntu-sso-client-qt
ubuntuone-installer udev unity unity-common unity-greeter unity-services
uno-libs3 update-manager update-manager-core update-notifier
update-notifier-common ure vlc-data xserver-common xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-video-intel xsltproc
208 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/266 MB of archives.
After this operation, 7,985 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: error: /var/lib/dpkg/info/format is corrupted, it should contain a database format version (an integer)