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I am running Ubuntu 18.04 and every time I run sudo apt-get upgrade, I get this error:

dpkg-deb: error: tar subprocess returned error exit status 1 

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/bsdutils_1%3a2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.4_amd64.deb (--unpack):

dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/bsdutils_1%3a2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.4_amd64.deb

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

In addition to this, when I try to install any .deb file with sudo apt install. I get this error:

Reading package lists... Error!
E: Sub-process Popen returned an error code (2)
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /home/paras/Downloads/code_1.37.1-1565886362_amd64.deb
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Please help.

Melebius
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Paras Rawat
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1 Answers1

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You could try clearing the apt cache with

sudo apt-get clean

Update the package list

sudo apt-get update

Fix any incomplete installations

sudo apt-get -f install

sudo dpkg --configure -a

And finally

sudo apt-get upgrade

I am not sure if this is exactly what you need to solve your problem but you can give it a try.

shardul08
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