[ALUG] Ubuntu 7.04 apt-get error when installing packages

[MJ Ray]

sagr <alug1 at suffolk-ancestor-genealogy-research.co.uk> wrote:
> ian at flower:~$ sudo apt-get install gramps
[...]
> (Reading database ... dpkg: error
> processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gramps_2.2.6-1ubuntu1_all.deb
> (--unpack):
>  files list file for package `xcalc' is missing final newline
[...]
> It looks to me like the problem is:
> "files list file for package `xcalc' is missing final newline"
> so where do I find the files list file for package `xcalc' so I can add
> a newline to it?

Probably /var/lib/dpkg/info/xcalc.list

Did your /var get full while installing something?  I'd suggest
reinstalling xcalc at least.

Hope that helps,
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