synaptic dies when attempting to install a random deb which isnt in any repositories listed in the sources.list

Bug #112195 reported by Gletscher
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

I tried to install the VirtualBox feisty fawn .deb package from the VBox homepage, gdebi showed me the enduseragreement, but didnt capture any keystroke to let me accept it, i killed gdebi, now apt / synaptic returns me everytime i use it

E: The package virtualbox needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.

and stops, i cannot use it anymore

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 3 22:49:11 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.18.1-0ubuntu3.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel --sm-client-id default1
ProcCwd: /home/geni
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux geni-desktop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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Gletscher (gletscherspalte) wrote :
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Olivier (olivier-lacroix) wrote :

Hi !

I have no idea how to solve this bug but I may help you to get your synaptic state right. Do you need it or have you already sorted it out by yourself ?

Olivier

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Justin Payne (neolithium82) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #117377 and is being marked as such. Please feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Regards,
Justin

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