I always get this error when I attempt to install a package using apt-get. I would appreciate help. This seems a common problem with every other package, but I've never encountered a problem with the dpkg itself.
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Ubuntu dpkg recovery
Recover dpkg status file
cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status Reinstall - dpkg
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ dpkg --force-depends -i dpkg_*.deb Reinstall - apt
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ dpkg --force-depends -i apt_*.deb dpkg --force-depends -i apt-utils_*.deb apt-get update Missing files in /var/lib/dpkg/info?
Use dpkg to list installed packages..
dpkg -l | grep ii Reinstall from output using apt...
dpkg -l | grep ii | awk '{print "apt-get --reinstall -y install", $2}' > /tmp/reinstall Now, install ucf which may be of importance to installation of kernel or others...
apt-get --reinstall install ucf 3
I found a solution that worked for a user with a related problem...
sudo -i mkdir /tmp/dpkg cd /tmp/dpkg #i386 version wget or #amd64 version wget ar x dpkg*.deb data.tar.gz tar xfvz data.tar.gz ./usr/bin/dpkg sudo cp ./usr/bin/dpkg /usr/bin/ sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --reinstall dpkg 
