Re: Strange "Can't guess meta-package" error message when run Software Updater
you can check via synaptic and see if you have any broken packages.
fix broken packages is in the edit menu.
or in a terminal try ..
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -f
then try the updates and see if that corrects the problem ..
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