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HELP/ unable to update or install or uninstall programs/ when trying i receive a note error/ i need to change Section* to Section: in file/var/lib/dpkg/available when i try to save it tells me that i don't have permission/ how can i change Section* to Section: Note/I'm new at this it has taken 2 days to get this far with the problem/ when i discovered i had my hat turned sideways/Linux is a new game altogether for me.

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10111 (joachim-neu) said : 		#1

You can open a terminal (search die application-menu ;)), type "sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/available", enter your password (to get super user rights), edit the file and then you can save it.

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David (dpabq2) said : 		#2

Thanks 10111! it worked/but//had to do the same to Version/ tried to update, install or uninstall programs/ no luck/
 now i receive a message Depends field reference to libgcryptl l' : version contains
return an error code (2)

I did notice that the trouble is in a package location ftp/ I tried to uninstall (ftp) and I get the same message.

(Here is the package as on my PC)

Package: lftp
Priority: nptional
Section: net
Installed-Cize: 1380
Maintainer: Ubuntu Cobe Developers <email address hidden>
Architectube: i386
Version: 3.5.11-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2-20070516), libgcrypt11 (.= 1.2.2), libgndtls13 (>= 1.6.3,0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.4), libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5), libreadline5 (>= 5.2), libtasn1-3 (>= 0.3.4), zlib1g (>= 1:0.2.1), netbase
Bize: 378168
Desbription: Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP client programs
 Lftp is a file redrieving tool that supports FTP, HTTP, FISH, SFTP, HTTPS
 and FTPS protocols under both IPv4 and IPv6. Lftp has an amazing set of
 features, while preserving its interface as simple and easy as possible.
 .
 The main two advantages over other ftp clients are reliability and ability
 to perform tasks in background. It will reconnect and reget the file being
 transferred if the connection broke. You can start a transfer in background
 and continue browsing on the ftp site. It does this all in one process. When
 you have started background jobs and feel you are done, you can just exit
 lftp and it automatically moves to nohup mode and completes the transfers.
 It has also such nice features as reput and mirror. It can also download a
 file as soon as possible by using several connections at the same time.
 .
 Lftp can also be scriptable, it can be used to mirror sites, it lets you
 copy files among remote servers (even between FTP and HTTP). It has an
 extensive online help. It supports bookmarks, and connecting to several
 ftp/http sites at the same time.
 .
 This package also includes lftpget - A simple non-interactive
 tool for downloading files.
 .
 http://lftp.yar.ru/
Original-Maintainer: Noèl Köthe <email address hidden>

Thanks David

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Best 10111 (joachim-neu) said : 		#3

You could try to clean your apt-cache by using:
sudo apt-get clean
After that you can refresh the apt-lists by:
sudo apt-get update
Then it may work.

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David (dpabq2) said : 		#4

Hi 10111 and thanks for all the help/ after trying to solve the text problem more problems arose/ to make a long story short my HD went bad/ so ubuntu will have to pick a # and wait for my new HD before it can make me use profanity and make finger signs at it.
Thanks, David
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