apt gives dpkg unrecoverable fatal error

Hi,

First please make sure to close all open programs, including all package managers like Synaptic, Add/remove programs, etc ...

Then please try this workaround procedure:

Step 1: Run this command:

gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride

Step 2: REMOVE the line containing the word gnokii in the statoverride file

Step 3: Save change to /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride file

Step 4: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 5: Please COPY-PASTE each line below into the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

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sudo addgroup gnokii
sudo dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev
sudo delgroup gnokii

cat /etc/lsb-release
uname -a
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Step 6: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark,

Tried you script but ended up with the same error!
in your line sudo dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev it came back with

dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 statoverrides file contains empty line

Thank for the help so far...

ops tried again with system update and it all worked ok. Thanks for the help no way I've now all that !

finally, thank you Mark. I knew that the statoverride file was corrupt, but I had no idea where to edit it. I had a similar error but it was the "amavis" I removed the line and did exactly what you suggested, now I can use my update manager again, and my synaptic package manager.