# What does "premature member" mean?

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**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://linux-tips.com/t/what-does-premature-member-mean/776 "2019-11-04T11:15:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![sputnik](https://linux-tips.com/user_avatar/linux-tips.com/sputnik/32/91_2.png) [@sputnik](https://linux-tips.com/u/sputnik)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://linux-tips.com/t/what-does-premature-member-mean/776/2 "2019-11-06T19:53:02Z")

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You can try to reinstall **dpkg** :

```
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall dpkg
```

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