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http://www.linuxquestions.org – hi when i try to install or remove any package i get this error Quote: (Reading database ... 5%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: files list file for package `libsox-fmt-alsa' contains empty filename E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) i'm using ubuntu 9.10 can't install or uninstall or update any thing coz of this error. pls help me out.. (HowTos)

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