what is dpkg parse error and how to solve

Asked by abdul kalam azad

it because it doesn't allowing me to install any of software in my PC

I tried to install adobe flash player plug-in to fire fox ,I downloads the software but not installing into my system and showing that dpkg: parse error and also showing that error in line 0 in var/lib/dpkg/available

please respond quickly and i m very new to this operating system so please describe briefly

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Best mycae (mycae) said :
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dpkg is the tool that manages package installations (after they have been resolved and downloaded).

The available file can be rebuilt

Try opening a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T, or from applications menu) and running these commands

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available.notworking
sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo apt-get update

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
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abdul kalam azad (azadaks) said :
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thank you sire, you have solved my problem

i very thankful to your help