Help with update manager

[Ymurti]

Please can someone help me? When I try to open update manager I get the following message:Screenshot from 2012-08-09 08:35:33.png

[2F4U]

Looks to me as if you have at least one third-party repository enabled that causes problems. Try to disable the repository and see if update manager is able to proceed.

[Ymurti]

Looks to me as if you have at least one third-party repository enabled that causes problems. Try to disable the repository and see if update manager is able to proceed.

I tried to launch the Ubuntu Software Center but it does not launch. Is there other way to disable the repository?

[Bucky Ball]

Open update manager. Bottom left corner is 'Settings'. Go to 'Other Software' and disable the repo.

[deadflowr]

The settings button in the lower left corner of the update manager accesses the software sources, where you can disable the extra repos, in 'other software'.

[2burke]

Had same prob.
Independent.Provided by Third Party Disabled.
Now updates OK.
Many Thanks
2burke

[Ymurti]

What happen is that I can not open Update Manager. When I try to open only comes the following:


Screenshot from 2012-08-09 08:35:33.png

[Kalanac]

What version of Ubuntu are you running? It's always advisable to include this in support posts as different versions behave in different ways

[Ymurti]

What version of Ubuntu are you running? It's always advisable to include this in support posts as different versions behave in different ways

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

[Kalanac]

From the error message, it looks like you're running Precise, if you're not, then that's the problem. The ppa is for a precise distro.

Anyhoo, you can use terminal to remove the ppa

There's a couple of ways:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove [ppa string]

where ppa string is the string you put into the add ppa dialog. That should neatly remove it. If that doesn't work, you can try

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_shantzu_clipit_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages

This will remove the offending file, but I'm not sure how neat that approach is and it's almost certainly better to use my first suggestion. Also check this:

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d

and remove any references to the shantzu repo with rm

After either approach do

sudo apt-get update

To update your package lists. That ought to do it