I recently decided to try Linux (Ubuntu 22.04), but I'm having a lot of difficulty even with what seems to be the most basic and trivial tasks.
Right now, I'm trying to install the command locate. Online research suggests sudo apt install mlocate should do it. When I run that command in the terminal I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
E: Unable to parse package file /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox (1).
(as an aside, I did uninstall the snap version of Firefox, installed the snap version of Chromium, and then tried to install the deb version of Firefox, a task in which I was not successful, so I uninstalled Firefox from the terminal, and now although I believe I have eliminated Firefox from Ubuntu, I continue to get this E: Unable to parse package file /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox (1) frequently, regardless of the command I use.
But, back to locate.
Now that I've done sudo apt install mlocate, when I type locate skypeforlinux.desktop I get this:
Command 'locate' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install plocate.
Ok. So, then I try sudo apt install plocate and I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
E: Unable to parse package file /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox (1).
So then I try again, locate skypeforlinux.desktop, and I get this:
Command 'locate' not found, but can be installed with:
Sudo apt install plocate.
Which, obviously, is what I just did...
I've also tried mlocate skypeforlinux.desktop and plocate skypeforlinux.desktop and those don't work either.
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Bonus points for helping me to understand/remove this constant E: Unable to parse package file /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox (1) message.
