Errors when trying to install deb package

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I have tried to install the following deb package, but it keeps failing and I'm not sure how to fix.

Below is the output following unsuccessful reattempts.

Failed installation

sudo dpkg -i particl-desktop-2.3.3-linux-amd64.deb

(Reading database ... 650733 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack particl-desktop-2.3.3-linux-amd64.deb ...
Unpacking particl-desktop (2.3.3) over (2.3.3) ...
Setting up particl-desktop (2.3.3) ...
Could not parse file "/usr/share/applications/screensavers/glitchpeg.desktop": Key file contains line ?several times a second.  After a while, finds a new image to corrupt. Written by Jamie Zawinski; 2018.? which is not a key-value pair, group, or comment
Could not parse file "/usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop": No such file or directory
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: The generated cache was invalid.
WARNING: icon cache generation failed

Further information

uname -a
Linux debian 4.19.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.118-2 (2020-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux

sudo cat /var/log/dpkg.log
2020-05-18 11:36:06 status installed particl-desktop:amd64 2.3.3
2020-05-18 11:36:06 trigproc desktop-file-utils:amd64 0.23-4 <none>
2020-05-18 11:36:06 status half-configured desktop-file-utils:amd64 0.23-4
2020-05-18 11:36:06 status installed desktop-file-utils:amd64 0.23-4
2020-05-18 11:36:06 trigproc mime-support:all 3.62 <none>
2020-05-18 11:36:06 status half-configured mime-support:all 3.62
2020-05-18 11:36:07 status installed mime-support:all 3.62
2020-05-18 11:36:07 trigproc hicolor-icon-theme:all 0.17-2 <none>
2020-05-18 11:36:07 status half-configured hicolor-icon-theme:all 0.17-2
2020-05-18 11:36:07 status installed hicolor-icon-theme:all 0.17-2

sudo dpkg -l | grep particl
ii  particl-desktop                        2.3.3                                amd64
dpkg failed-installation debian installation
4 Answers

The problem is not the semicolon. The line that offends the parser is the second part of the "Comment" field. Remove the extra line feeds in that key=value pair and the problem will go away.

user_27475210

There seems to be a minor problem with the screensaver glitchpeg, but there is no need to remove it.

vim /usr/share/applications/screensavers/glitchpeg.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Glitchpeg
Exec=/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glitchpeg -root
TryExec=/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glitchpeg
Comment=Loads an image, corrupts it, and then displays the corrupted version,
several times a second.  After a while, finds a new image to corrupt. Written by Jamie Zawinski; 2018
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Screensaver;
OnlyShowIn=MATE;

Note that Jamie throws a semicolon in as punctuation before "2018", but I am guessing that it messes up the parser. I removed the semicolon and the error went away. Careless Jamie!

user_102138710 
sudo rm /usr/share/applications/screensavers/glitchpeg.desktop

did the trick for me. was trying to install Zoom on Lubuntu 20.04

user_150604270

could not parse file "/usr/share/applications/screensavers/glitchpeg.desktop": Key file contains line ?several times a second. After a while, finds a new image to corrupt. Written by Jamie Zawinski; 2018.? which is not a key-value pair, group, or comment

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