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macondo

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From: Central America

Registered: 2017-06-11

Posts: 52  

[SOLVED] Beowulf

Just installed Beowulf, tried to install xfburn and brasero, i get this error:
"Reading state information... Error!
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/extended_states (1)"

any ideas??

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andyprough

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Registered: 2019-10-19

Posts: 327  

Re: [SOLVED] Beowulf

apt has run into an error with cache handling, the solution is to delete '/var/lib/apt/extended_states (1)' and run apt update again.

Here's a bug report for your reference: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo … bug=814443
Making a backup copy of the file before deleting it is recommended if you are trying to submit a bug report or debug the issue.