while installing any softwere or update i am getting this error
installArchives() failed: dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0:
field name `/usr/share/gnome/help-langpack/gedit/sl/gedit-plugins-modelines.page' must be followed by colon
Best Answer
For some reasons the file
/var/lib/dpkg/available
is damaged.Move it away, for example with
If there is a file
/var/lib/dpkg/available-old
try if this one works:If installing software works now you are done.
If it still doesn't work run
to create a new file.