I just tried installing libhttp-dav-perl in software-center trunk r2338, and it worked fine.
>From the error message it looks like a problem with dpkg, rather than USC itself. Moving there. Some intrepid tester could (1) produce a test case .deb in which the "files list file" is missing a newline at the end, (2) try installing it with dpkg, and (3) try installing other packages afterwards. Even if (2) doesn't work, (3) should. ** Package changed: software-center (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691644 Title: This error when downloading prog' (Reading database ... 95%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: files list file for package 'libhttp-dav-perl' is missing final newline Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: software-center I am very new to Linux and trying to download programs from the Ubuntu software center I get this error every time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: software-center 3.0.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 17 17:56:20 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/691644/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
