Corrupt /var/lib/dpkg/arch file, can't use apt or boot
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 64-bit.
I booted into Ubuntu just now, and suddenly, for seemingly no reason, it hung on the Plymouth boot screen, on 'Hold until boot process finishes up'. The boot process never finished up.
So, I looked around for solutions, and, after booting into root bash in recovery mode, I tried one. The solution involved reinstalling/removing plymouth, so I tried using apt to do that. But I got a locale error, which I fixed by regenerating locale.
Then, when using apt to attempt to remove plymouth, I got this error:
dpkg: error: fgets gave an empty string from 'var/lib/dpkg/arch'
Turns out dpkg is a bit broken.
Looking through /var/lib/dpkg/, most files seem intact and uncorrupted.
available, diversions, statoverride and status are all readable, largish files. The arch file however, is corrupt (only 11 bytes, and cat produces MmSt.)
My question is, how can I regenerate this arch file and fix my computer?
Even it involves reinstalling dpkg...
I'm extremely grateful for any help (please)!
Update: creating a new arch file with amd64 as the contents fixes the above error. The new error is:
dpkg: error: too-long line or missing newline in '/var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File'
cat for that file produces some binary gobbledygook, maybe it's corrupt too?
Update: the solution I settled on was a fresh install of Ubuntu. Too many files were corrupt :(
boot apt package-management dpkg plymouth
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
JThistleJThistle
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 64-bit.
I booted into Ubuntu just now, and suddenly, for seemingly no reason, it hung on the Plymouth boot screen, on 'Hold until boot process finishes up'. The boot process never finished up.
So, I looked around for solutions, and, after booting into root bash in recovery mode, I tried one. The solution involved reinstalling/removing plymouth, so I tried using apt to do that. But I got a locale error, which I fixed by regenerating locale.
Then, when using apt to attempt to remove plymouth, I got this error:
dpkg: error: fgets gave an empty string from 'var/lib/dpkg/arch'
Turns out dpkg is a bit broken.
Looking through /var/lib/dpkg/, most files seem intact and uncorrupted.
available, diversions, statoverride and status are all readable, largish files. The arch file however, is corrupt (only 11 bytes, and cat produces MmSt.)
My question is, how can I regenerate this arch file and fix my computer?
Even it involves reinstalling dpkg...
I'm extremely grateful for any help (please)!
Update: creating a new arch file with amd64 as the contents fixes the above error. The new error is:
dpkg: error: too-long line or missing newline in '/var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File'
cat for that file produces some binary gobbledygook, maybe it's corrupt too?
Update: the solution I settled on was a fresh install of Ubuntu. Too many files were corrupt :(
boot apt package-management dpkg plymouth
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
JThistleJThistle
12
What dodpkg --print-architectureanddpkg --print-foreign-architecturessay?
– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 19:08
amd64for the first one, the second one gives the error listed above.
– JThistle
Jan 2 at 19:20
What doesfile /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/Filesay? it should be ASCII text afaik
– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 22:17
add a comment |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 64-bit.
I booted into Ubuntu just now, and suddenly, for seemingly no reason, it hung on the Plymouth boot screen, on 'Hold until boot process finishes up'. The boot process never finished up.
So, I looked around for solutions, and, after booting into root bash in recovery mode, I tried one. The solution involved reinstalling/removing plymouth, so I tried using apt to do that. But I got a locale error, which I fixed by regenerating locale.
Then, when using apt to attempt to remove plymouth, I got this error:
dpkg: error: fgets gave an empty string from 'var/lib/dpkg/arch'
Turns out dpkg is a bit broken.
Looking through /var/lib/dpkg/, most files seem intact and uncorrupted.
available, diversions, statoverride and status are all readable, largish files. The arch file however, is corrupt (only 11 bytes, and cat produces MmSt.)
My question is, how can I regenerate this arch file and fix my computer?
Even it involves reinstalling dpkg...
I'm extremely grateful for any help (please)!
Update: creating a new arch file with amd64 as the contents fixes the above error. The new error is:
dpkg: error: too-long line or missing newline in '/var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File'
cat for that file produces some binary gobbledygook, maybe it's corrupt too?
Update: the solution I settled on was a fresh install of Ubuntu. Too many files were corrupt :(
boot apt package-management dpkg plymouth
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
JThistleJThistle
12
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 64-bit.
I booted into Ubuntu just now, and suddenly, for seemingly no reason, it hung on the Plymouth boot screen, on 'Hold until boot process finishes up'. The boot process never finished up.
So, I looked around for solutions, and, after booting into root bash in recovery mode, I tried one. The solution involved reinstalling/removing plymouth, so I tried using apt to do that. But I got a locale error, which I fixed by regenerating locale.
Then, when using apt to attempt to remove plymouth, I got this error:
dpkg: error: fgets gave an empty string from 'var/lib/dpkg/arch'
Turns out dpkg is a bit broken.
Looking through /var/lib/dpkg/, most files seem intact and uncorrupted.
available, diversions, statoverride and status are all readable, largish files. The arch file however, is corrupt (only 11 bytes, and cat produces MmSt.)
My question is, how can I regenerate this arch file and fix my computer?
Even it involves reinstalling dpkg...
I'm extremely grateful for any help (please)!
Update: creating a new arch file with amd64 as the contents fixes the above error. The new error is:
dpkg: error: too-long line or missing newline in '/var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File'
cat for that file produces some binary gobbledygook, maybe it's corrupt too?
Update: the solution I settled on was a fresh install of Ubuntu. Too many files were corrupt :(
boot apt package-management dpkg plymouth
boot apt package-management dpkg plymouth
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
JThistleJThistle
12
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
JThistleJThistle
12
edited Jan 3 at 9:16
JThistle
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
JThistleJThistle
12
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
JThistleJThistle
12
asked Jan 2 at 18:40
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What dodpkg --print-architectureanddpkg --print-foreign-architecturessay?
– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 19:08
amd64for the first one, the second one gives the error listed above.
– JThistle
Jan 2 at 19:20
What doesfile /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/Filesay? it should be ASCII text afaik
– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 22:17
add a comment |
What dodpkg --print-architectureanddpkg --print-foreign-architecturessay?
– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 19:08
amd64for the first one, the second one gives the error listed above.
– JThistle
Jan 2 at 19:20
What doesfile /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/Filesay? it should be ASCII text afaik
– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 22:17
What do
dpkg --print-architecture and dpkg --print-foreign-architectures say?– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 19:08
What do
dpkg --print-architecture and dpkg --print-foreign-architectures say?– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 19:08
amd64 for the first one, the second one gives the error listed above.– JThistle
Jan 2 at 19:20
amd64 for the first one, the second one gives the error listed above.– JThistle
Jan 2 at 19:20
What does
file /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File say? it should be ASCII text afaik– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 22:17
What does
file /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File say? it should be ASCII text afaik– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 22:17
add a comment |
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$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/arch
amd64
i386
(ended by newline each)
This is on a 18.04.1 bionic multiarch setup.
So usually you use only one of them depending on your system.
The other file is a list of locations and the packages which created them (I suppose)
$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File
/etc/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services dbus/noawait
/usr/lib/mime/packages mime-support/noawait
/usr/share/applications mime-support/noawait
/etc/rsyslog.d rsyslog/noawait
/usr/share/mime/packages shared-mime-info/noawait
/usr/share/info install-info/noawait
/usr/share/icons/hicolor hicolor-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/texmf/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/icons/gnome gnome-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/etc/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/xml sgml-base
/usr/share/texmf tex-common/noawait
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist tex-common/noawait
/var/lib/dictionaries-common/hunspell dictionaries-common
/etc/ufw/applications.d ufw/noawait
/etc/init ureadahead/noawait
/etc/init.d ureadahead/noawait
/usr/share/doc-base doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/doc/rarian-compat doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/gconf/defaults gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/mandatory gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/schemas gconf2
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings gconf2
/usr/share/menu menu/noawait
/usr/lib/menu menu/noawait
/etc/menu-methods menu/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/icons appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/yaml appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/xml appstream/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/share/slib guile-2.0-libs:amd64/noawait
/etc/lsb-release plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text/noawait
/usr/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/X11R6/man man-db/noawait
/opt/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list ntp/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:amd64
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:i386
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/lib/udev/hwdb.d udev/noawait
/usr/lib/systemd/catalog systemd/noawait
/etc/init.d systemd/noawait
/usr/share/package-data-downloads update-notifier-common
/usr/share/applications desktop-file-utils/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins libvlc-bin:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/cups/ppd-updaters cups/noawait
answered Jan 2 at 22:21
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$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/arch
amd64
i386
(ended by newline each)
This is on a 18.04.1 bionic multiarch setup.
So usually you use only one of them depending on your system.
The other file is a list of locations and the packages which created them (I suppose)
$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File
/etc/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services dbus/noawait
/usr/lib/mime/packages mime-support/noawait
/usr/share/applications mime-support/noawait
/etc/rsyslog.d rsyslog/noawait
/usr/share/mime/packages shared-mime-info/noawait
/usr/share/info install-info/noawait
/usr/share/icons/hicolor hicolor-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/texmf/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/icons/gnome gnome-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/etc/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/xml sgml-base
/usr/share/texmf tex-common/noawait
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist tex-common/noawait
/var/lib/dictionaries-common/hunspell dictionaries-common
/etc/ufw/applications.d ufw/noawait
/etc/init ureadahead/noawait
/etc/init.d ureadahead/noawait
/usr/share/doc-base doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/doc/rarian-compat doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/gconf/defaults gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/mandatory gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/schemas gconf2
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings gconf2
/usr/share/menu menu/noawait
/usr/lib/menu menu/noawait
/etc/menu-methods menu/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/icons appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/yaml appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/xml appstream/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/share/slib guile-2.0-libs:amd64/noawait
/etc/lsb-release plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text/noawait
/usr/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/X11R6/man man-db/noawait
/opt/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list ntp/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:amd64
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:i386
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/lib/udev/hwdb.d udev/noawait
/usr/lib/systemd/catalog systemd/noawait
/etc/init.d systemd/noawait
/usr/share/package-data-downloads update-notifier-common
/usr/share/applications desktop-file-utils/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins libvlc-bin:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/cups/ppd-updaters cups/noawait
answered Jan 2 at 22:21
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$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/arch
amd64
i386
(ended by newline each)
This is on a 18.04.1 bionic multiarch setup.
So usually you use only one of them depending on your system.
The other file is a list of locations and the packages which created them (I suppose)
$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File
/etc/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services dbus/noawait
/usr/lib/mime/packages mime-support/noawait
/usr/share/applications mime-support/noawait
/etc/rsyslog.d rsyslog/noawait
/usr/share/mime/packages shared-mime-info/noawait
/usr/share/info install-info/noawait
/usr/share/icons/hicolor hicolor-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/texmf/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/icons/gnome gnome-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/etc/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/xml sgml-base
/usr/share/texmf tex-common/noawait
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist tex-common/noawait
/var/lib/dictionaries-common/hunspell dictionaries-common
/etc/ufw/applications.d ufw/noawait
/etc/init ureadahead/noawait
/etc/init.d ureadahead/noawait
/usr/share/doc-base doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/doc/rarian-compat doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/gconf/defaults gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/mandatory gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/schemas gconf2
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings gconf2
/usr/share/menu menu/noawait
/usr/lib/menu menu/noawait
/etc/menu-methods menu/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/icons appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/yaml appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/xml appstream/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/share/slib guile-2.0-libs:amd64/noawait
/etc/lsb-release plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text/noawait
/usr/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/X11R6/man man-db/noawait
/opt/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list ntp/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:amd64
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:i386
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/lib/udev/hwdb.d udev/noawait
/usr/lib/systemd/catalog systemd/noawait
/etc/init.d systemd/noawait
/usr/share/package-data-downloads update-notifier-common
/usr/share/applications desktop-file-utils/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins libvlc-bin:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/cups/ppd-updaters cups/noawait
answered Jan 2 at 22:21
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$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/arch
amd64
i386
(ended by newline each)
This is on a 18.04.1 bionic multiarch setup.
So usually you use only one of them depending on your system.
The other file is a list of locations and the packages which created them (I suppose)
$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File
/etc/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services dbus/noawait
/usr/lib/mime/packages mime-support/noawait
/usr/share/applications mime-support/noawait
/etc/rsyslog.d rsyslog/noawait
/usr/share/mime/packages shared-mime-info/noawait
/usr/share/info install-info/noawait
/usr/share/icons/hicolor hicolor-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/texmf/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/icons/gnome gnome-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/etc/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/xml sgml-base
/usr/share/texmf tex-common/noawait
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist tex-common/noawait
/var/lib/dictionaries-common/hunspell dictionaries-common
/etc/ufw/applications.d ufw/noawait
/etc/init ureadahead/noawait
/etc/init.d ureadahead/noawait
/usr/share/doc-base doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/doc/rarian-compat doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/gconf/defaults gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/mandatory gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/schemas gconf2
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings gconf2
/usr/share/menu menu/noawait
/usr/lib/menu menu/noawait
/etc/menu-methods menu/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/icons appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/yaml appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/xml appstream/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/share/slib guile-2.0-libs:amd64/noawait
/etc/lsb-release plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text/noawait
/usr/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/X11R6/man man-db/noawait
/opt/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list ntp/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:amd64
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:i386
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/lib/udev/hwdb.d udev/noawait
/usr/lib/systemd/catalog systemd/noawait
/etc/init.d systemd/noawait
/usr/share/package-data-downloads update-notifier-common
/usr/share/applications desktop-file-utils/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins libvlc-bin:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/cups/ppd-updaters cups/noawait
answered Jan 2 at 22:21
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$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/arch
amd64
i386
(ended by newline each)
This is on a 18.04.1 bionic multiarch setup.
So usually you use only one of them depending on your system.
The other file is a list of locations and the packages which created them (I suppose)
$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File
/etc/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d dbus/noawait
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services dbus/noawait
/usr/lib/mime/packages mime-support/noawait
/usr/share/applications mime-support/noawait
/etc/rsyslog.d rsyslog/noawait
/usr/share/mime/packages shared-mime-info/noawait
/usr/share/info install-info/noawait
/usr/share/icons/hicolor hicolor-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/texmf/fonts fontconfig/noawait
/usr/share/icons/gnome gnome-icon-theme/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules libgtk2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/etc/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/sgml sgml-base
/usr/share/xml sgml-base
/usr/share/texmf tex-common/noawait
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist tex-common/noawait
/var/lib/dictionaries-common/hunspell dictionaries-common
/etc/ufw/applications.d ufw/noawait
/etc/init ureadahead/noawait
/etc/init.d ureadahead/noawait
/usr/share/doc-base doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/doc/rarian-compat doc-base/noawait
/usr/share/gconf/defaults gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/mandatory gconf2
/usr/share/gconf/schemas gconf2
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings gconf2
/usr/share/menu menu/noawait
/usr/lib/menu menu/noawait
/etc/menu-methods menu/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/icons appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/yaml appstream/noawait
/usr/share/app-info/xml appstream/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/lib/libreoffice libreoffice-common/noawait
/usr/share/slib guile-2.0-libs:amd64/noawait
/etc/lsb-release plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text/noawait
/usr/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/man man-db/noawait
/usr/local/share/man man-db/noawait
/usr/X11R6/man man-db/noawait
/opt/man man-db/noawait
/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list ntp/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:amd64
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gio/modules libglib2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas libglib2.0-0:i386
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules libgtk-3-0:i386/noawait
/lib/udev/hwdb.d udev/noawait
/usr/lib/systemd/catalog systemd/noawait
/etc/init.d systemd/noawait
/usr/share/package-data-downloads update-notifier-common
/usr/share/applications desktop-file-utils/noawait
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins libvlc-bin:amd64/noawait
/usr/share/cups/ppd-updaters cups/noawait
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What do
dpkg --print-architectureanddpkg --print-foreign-architecturessay?– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 19:08
amd64for the first one, the second one gives the error listed above.– JThistle
Jan 2 at 19:20
What does
file /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/Filesay? it should be ASCII text afaik– steeldriver
Jan 2 at 22:17