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When I go to update my 12.04, I get this error:
What's the best way to resolve this issue?An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, Eroblem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_i18n_T ranslation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
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5 Cups of Ubuntu
Hi Sef,
If you want to update, and update manager will not work for you, you can burn a liveCD on a CD-RW and use that to update
I have done this before, just pick UPDATE TO UBUNTU 12.04
From the Ubuntu website, there is a alternate install which involves downloading a .iso file, making a virtual CD and using that to update
Hope this helps
Arielxgbarton
Last edited by Arielxgbarton; June 20th, 2012 at 04:03 PM. Reason: I said there was no need to back up. ALWAYS BACK UP
Chocolate-Covered Ubuntu Beans
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the first thing to do is try deleting (or moving) the old lists and then running the update again:Code:sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists.old sudo apt-get update
Chocolate-Covered Ubuntu Beans
If it's the dpkg status file, and not the lists, you can try replacing the status file with a backup. Someone detailed that here: http://askubuntu.com/a/5175
What are you planning?
That would be the fix. Someone on IRC ran into that the other day.Originally Posted by kanikilu
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It was. Thank you kanikilu.That would be the fix. Someone on IRC ran into that the other day.
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Spilled the Beans
Have had probs with downloader the last couple of days.
ran
sudo greg@greg-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT:~$
greg@greg-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists.old
mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/apt/lists': No such file or directory
greg@greg-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT:~$ sudo apt-get update
did a full update good
Some one must have fix the prob
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