Thanks Johnathan! Well having taken your advice , which has been extremely valuable, i unhelpfully get this
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0224' near line 1: newline in field name `#padding' unfortunately this means little to me but upon inspecting the file all there is is the words padding repeated for about 1400 times!!!!! Life!!!!! there must be a way to solve this!!!! Keep the replies coming i really appreciate your help and for taking the time out!!!! -- package kdelibs4c2a None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/kdelibs4c2a.list] failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4.2.0' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327453 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdelibs in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs