[ubuntu] apt is broken..

[RabbieBurns]

root@ubuntu:/home/rex/public_html# apt-get install php5-gd
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

root@ubuntu:/home/rex/public_html# sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 0:
newline in field name `#!/bin/sh'

 

last reboot f2sk fixed a loadf of file system errors and Im guessing something in the dpkg folder has become corrupt..

 

Im in the process of migrating everything to a new server but I need to get php5-gd installed and would like to try get apt fixed..

 

Is it a lost cause?

[CyberNerd]

this looks promising:

Can not run Update Manager; Synaptic broken

[RabbieBurns]

why is it that i struggle for a solution all week, and within minutes of posting it on here i find the answer!?

 

root@ubuntu:/home/rex/public_html# cd /var/lib/dpkg/updates/
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates# rm *
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates# sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0:
newline in field name `#!/bin/sh'
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates# dpkg --clear-avail
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates# sudo dpkg --configure -a

 

now it works

 

root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates# apt-get install php5-gd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
 libt1-5
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 libt1-5 php5-gd
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 212kB of archives.
After this operation, 598kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

 

Thanks for you suggestion cybernerd but to copy all the files off the CD would probably take me longer than to build a new install ;p