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Hello everyone, I am a brand new user of linux mint 13 maya, and I have to say I am so happy with finally giving windows the boot. However, I have been having a bit of trouble with my update manager.

This is what I get after punching in sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade (I've attached it)

Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya Release.gpg [197 B]
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org precise InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya Release [17.7 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/free amd64 Packages
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main amd64 Packages [18.3 kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream amd64 Packages [10.6 kB]
Get:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import amd64 Packages [41.4 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [208 kB]
Get:10 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main i386 Packages [18.2 kB]
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/non-free amd64 Packages
Get:11 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream i386 Packages [10.6 kB]
Get:12 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import i386 Packages [41.7 kB]
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import TranslationIndex
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [441 kB]
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/free i386 Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/non-free i386 Packages
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages [3,969 B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages [58.4 kB]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [2,189 B]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [215 kB]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/free TranslationIndex
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [3,968 B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/non-free TranslationIndex
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [59.2 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [8,366 B]
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main Translation-en_US
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages [161 kB]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,388 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [8,677 B]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [449 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [8,374 B]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [162 kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [9,661 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/free Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/free Translation-en
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 2,058 kB in 16s (122 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
activity-log-manager-common apt apt-transport-https apt-utils aptdaemon
aptdaemon-data aptitude bamfdaemon base-files bind9-host brasero
brasero-cdrkit brasero-common busybox-initramfs busybox-static colord compiz
compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-default coreutils cups cups-bsd
cups-client cups-common cups-ppdc dbus dbus-x11 dnsutils firefox
firefox-gnome-support firefox-locale-en gdb gimp gimp-data
gir1.2-dbusmenu-glib-0.4 gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4 gir1.2-gtk-3.0
gir1.2-gudev-1.0 icedtea-6-plugin icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common
icedtea-plugin im-switch libapt-inst1.4 libapt-pkg4.12 libavcodec53
libavformat53 libavutil51 libbamf0 libbamf3-0 libbind9-80
libbrasero-media3-1 libcolord1 libcups2 libcups2:i386 libcupscgi1
libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2 libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libdbusmenu-glib4
libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 libdbusmenu-gtk4 libdecoration0 libdns81
libfreerdp-plugins-standard libfreerdp1 libgail-3-0 libgimp2.0 libglu1-mesa
libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin
libgtk-3-common libgudev-1.0-0 libindicator-messages-status-provider1
libisc83 libisccc80 libisccfg82 liblwres80 libnautilus-extension1a
libperl5.14 libpostproc52 libproxy1 libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative
libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-sqlite
libqt4-svg libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtgui4
libservlet2.5-java libssh-4 libswscale2 libtiff4 libtiff4:i386 libudev0
libvdpau1 libxatracker1 libxml2 linux-firmware linux-libc-dev make
mint-mirrors mintdesktop perl perl-base perl-modules python-aptdaemon
python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-aptdaemon.pkcompat python-keyring
python-libproxy python-libxml2 python-problem-report qdbus thunderbird
thunderbird-gnome-support udev virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-x11 xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-vmware
138 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.8 MB/130 MB of archives.
After this operation, 5,981 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main base-files amd64 6.5ubuntu6.4 [69.9 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4 amd64 0.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 [3,284 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libdbusmenu-gtk4 amd64 0.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 [31.3 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main gir1.2-dbusmenu-glib-0.4 amd64 0.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 [7,142 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libdbusmenu-glib4 amd64 0.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 [47.7 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 amd64 0.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 [31.4 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main dbus amd64 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.3 [358 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main dbus-x11 amd64 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.3 [22.0 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-firmware all 1.79.1 [23.1 MB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.2.0-34.53 [873 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main xserver-xorg-core amd64 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.8 [1,719 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main xserver-xorg-input-evdev amd64 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2 [33.3 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main xserver-xorg-input-synaptics amd64 1.6.2-1ubuntu1~precise2 [71.1 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse amd64 1:12.9.0-0ubuntu0.1 [15.1 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main xserver-xorg-input-wacom amd64 1:0.14.0-0ubuntu2.1 [88.0 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main xserver-xorg-video-intel amd64 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.2 [238 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main xserver-xorg-video-vmware amd64 1:12.0.1-1ubuntu1.1 [77.5 kB]
Fetched 26.8 MB in 14s (1,831 kB/s)
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 42442 package 'network-manager-gnome':
field name `jomepage' must be followed by colon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)


Any suggestions?

Hello, eyedaniel.

Askubuntu offers this for your error message "dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available'": dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0. Hope the posted solution will prove to be helpful in your case as well.

Kind regards,
Karl