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Asked: 2015-10-13 15:56:57 +0800 CST

Can't Update or Upgrade 'dpkg returned with error code (2)'

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I realize that this may be a duplicate question but it seems like dpkg is returning error (2) for multiple different reasons. When trying to update and upgrade packages I am returned with:

dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 50819 package 'openssh-client':
value for 'Conffiles' field has malformatted line '/etc/ssh/moduli'
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

I have tried multiple things from different questions of the same nature and they have yielded no results, any thoughts?

14.04

1 Answers

  1. The configuration file of openssh are corrupted, you have to remove it and reinstall.

    Use sudo apt-get purge instead of sudo apt-get remove.

    You can find more information about this here: What is the Difference Between `apt-get purge` and `apt-get remove`?

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