[Linux-bruxelles] Big trouble - dpkg broken

[Carlos Betancourt]

Hello everyone.

Today I am experiencing for the first time a big problem with Sid - dpkg
is broken! Thus, I can not install or upgrade anything else in the
system.

When trying to apt-get install or dpkg --install something I get the
following error:

debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate IO/File.pm in @INC (@INC
contain s: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/
perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl 5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/
share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_per l .) at /usr/share/perl/5.8/
FileHandle.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 3.
) -- aborting
/usr/bin/dpkg: line
2: ......................................................... ................................................................................ ..............................................++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++......: command not found
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (127)

I don't know why or how Perl got broken. And I really don't know how to
fix it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

Carlos