the dpkg system does not work

Asked by csalp

after i fail to install ubuntu-tweak*.deb, i can't install any softwares i want.worse , i can't open the Synaptic Package Manager ,and just only get the following information:
  E: The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
  E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.
how bad!

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 6 21:42:47 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/real/RealPlayer
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686

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csalp (csalp) said :
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) said :
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Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

Its not an official package so is not supported here. This may help you reinstall:

http://ubuntu-tweak.com/downloads

Please close as invalid

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