How to fix dpkg error [2]?

I found the answer here and here.

What puzzles me is that I tried this twice before and it didn't work. It probably worked this time because I used a script I found on launchpad answers that backed up and restored what it could... I don't know. Either way, here is the fix:

• pkexec gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status
• Search for the offending package by name and remove its entry.
• Save the file and exit gedit.
• run sudo dpkg --configure -a
• run sudo apt-get -f install just in case.
• Continue on if there are no errors.