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i accidentally deleted the file /var/lib/dpkg/available

Asked by kenyon C

i was in the terminal and accidentally pressed...(rm /var/lib/dpkg/available)...now i cant run the the terminal (sudo dpkg --configure -a). when i do run it ..it says(dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
) ..how do i getthe file back???...can i get it back???

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#1

Lets just hope that the file available-old is still available in the directory. Perform the command below:

sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available

sudo dpkg --configure -a

HTH.

Regards,
Ian

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kenyon C (ladysman29234) said : 		#2

dude thank you soooo much your such a life saver :)

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isa (aku-kendo) said : 		#4

Thanks Ian Ace, it solves my problem. It works

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Vinayak (vinayakvp6) said : 		#5

I think there is no old file in my system, so how should I proceed if want to reinstall?