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I am getting this error when running sudo apt-get upgrade:

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Preconfiguring packages ...
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dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'indicator-printers' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'account-plugin-google' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'ippusbxd' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'account-plugin-facebook' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 files list file for package 'libc-ares2:amd64' is missing final newline
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
chetan sharma
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This can happen when certain files become corrupted or are provided in an incomplete state. You'll need to move the following files (if they exist) to another location, at least temporarily:

/var/lib/dpkg/info/libc-ares2:amd64.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libc-ares2:amd64.list

Then run:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

This should resolve the main issue.