How to fix dpkg error [2]?
I found the answer here and here.
What puzzles me is that I tried this twice before and it didn't work. It probably worked this time because I used a script I found on launchpad answers that backed up and restored what it could... I don't know. Either way, here is the fix:
pkexec gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status
- Search for the offending package by name and remove its entry.
- Save the file and exit gedit.
- run
sudo dpkg --configure -a
- run
sudo apt-get -f install
just in case. - Continue on if there are no errors.