while i am trying to upgrade i get this error even i try to configure dpkg it shows same error , whatever packages i tried to install it throws same error . error : 1. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) its shows when i try to upgrade and try to install any kind of packages.
error : 2. dpkg: error: unable to create new file ‘/var/lib/dpkg/info/format-new’: No such file or directory
when i try to configure dpkg using : dpkg --configure -a .
Linux parrot 5.2.0-2parrot1-amd64 #1 SMP Parrot 5.2.7-2parrot1 (2019-08-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
| Description: | Parrot GNU/Linux 4.7 |
|---|---|
| Release: | 4.7 |
usb boot installation
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Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Calculating upgrade… Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
adduser adwaita-icon-theme apparmor apparmor-profiles
apparmor-profiles-extra apparmor-utils apt apt-parrot apt-utils at-spi2-core
base-files base-passwd bash bash-completion bind9-host bsdmainutils bsdutils
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dpkg: error: unable to create new file ‘/var/lib/dpkg/info/format-new’: No such file or directory
Scanning application launchers
Updating active launchers
Done
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
2.dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error: unable to create new file ‘/var/lib/dpkg/info/format-new’: No such file or directory
All this happen while i am trying install docker for seeker !!