dpkg error when trying to install any new packages

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So, I tried the newly installed "File" file and got the same error:

I'm stumped for now.  Googled a little more and found a post that might help:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t...ost7250398.

Based on that post and your errors, have a look at one of the files that's giving the error message -- eg. software-properties-gtk.

Try opening this file in leafpad text editor to see what's inside:

Code:

leafpad /var/lib/dpkg/info/software-properties-gtk.list

Or, you can just display what's in it to the terminal screen with this command:

Code:

cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/software-properties-gtk.list

Here's what mine looks like:

Code:

/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/mime
/usr/share/mime/packages
/usr/share/mime/packages/apt.xml
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/software-properties-gtk
/usr/share/doc/software-properties-gtk/copyright
/usr/share/icons
/usr/share/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/software-properties.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/software-properties.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/software-properties.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/other-driver.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/recommended-driver.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/disable-device.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/software-properties.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/software-properties.png
/usr/share/software-properties
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder/dialog-add.ui
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder/dialog-cdrom-progress.ui
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder/dialog-edit-source.ui
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder/dialog-add-sources-list.ui
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder/dialog-cache-outofdate.ui
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder/main.ui
/usr/share/software-properties/gtkbuilder/dialog-mirror.ui
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/software-properties-gnome.desktop
/usr/share/applications/software-properties-gtk.desktop
/usr/share/applications/software-properties-drivers.desktop
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/software-properties-gtk.1.gz
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/python3
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/CdromProgress.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogAddSourcesList.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/dialogs.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogEdit.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SimpleGtkbuilderApp.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogCacheOutdated.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogAdd.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogMirror.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
/usr/share/doc/software-properties-gtk/changelog.gz

If yours looks corrupted, as described in linked post, then following those procedures might fix it.  Wait until you have made necessary backups of important stuff and until you know you'll have time for a re-installation (if that becomes necessary) before attempting the fix.  You don't want to accidentally bork the computer without being prepared for that possibility.

The .ISO that I'm using is the Beta Linux Lite 2.0 that I downloaded on May 24.  Do you know if the general release version 2.0 has many changes from the May 24 beta?

Actually, I'm still using that same Beta version too.  Don't know exactly what (or how much more) was added to final version.  Valtam will have to answer that.