If you are a Raspberry Pi user and experience the same error, follow this article to learn how to skip it on your system.
How to Fix “dpkg: error” on Raspberry Pi
The “dpkg:error” is mostly experienced by Raspberry Pi users when they try configuring the dpkg files on the Raspberry Pi system. The type of error the users experience is shown below:
In my case, I am experiencing this error while installing a package called “zabix-agent”. While running the following command in the terminal learned that, the “zabix-agent” is causing the problem.
To fix this error, first use the following command to check whether it fixes the problem or not:
If the above command doesn’t solve the problem, you can remove the package using the following command:
Once the package is removed, use the following command:
Then use the auto-remove command to perform removal of unused packages on the system.
Now, you can execute the command again and it will successfully execute this time.
In my case, I run the following command again, which is causing an error:
Conclusion
You can fix the “dpkg: error” on Raspberry Pi by first checking the root cause of the error by running the “dpkg –configure” command. After that, you can remove the package causing the error and apply the system cleaning operation using the “clean” and “autoremove” commands. Once this is done, you can execute the same command again that causes the dpkg error and this time, you will be able to install it successfully on your Raspberry Pi system.
