Ubuntu – dpkg: error: parsing file ‘/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0045’ near line 0:

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I am getting this error in Ubuntu 12.04 , while doing the below operation. 

frank@august:~$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
[sudo] password for frank: 
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct    the problem. 
frank@august:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0045' near line 0:
 newline in field name `#padding'
frank@august:~$

&

frank@august:~$ head /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0045
#padding
#padding
#padding
#padding

frank@august:~$

I can't see where is the error , help me to solve this.
Thank you.

Best Answer

Ok I have solved the issue myself.

I ran these two commands in terminal (CTRL+ALT+T):

cd /var/lib/dpkg/updates && rm -rf 0045
sudo dpkg --configure -a

And my issue was solved.

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