sudo apt-get update fail

[cptnfool]

Hi
so i seem to be having a problem with my updates, both graphical, and using sudo apt-get update. the problem that i found in the archive here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=551530 is the exact same as what i seem to be getting now, except on the beginning of page two where he says he cannot run aptitude in a terminal. it will run for me, i see the program running... however, i have no clue what i should do to fix my problem from within aptitude... could someone point me in the right direction? ill poke around until i see a reply. thanks in advance!

[taurus]

Can you post the whole outputs of these two commands, running one at a time from a terminal?

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[cptnfool]

acutally, my errors are a little bit different from what he had. i believe its just the jaunty title that is different, but here they are

cptnfool@moblieamish:~$ sudo apt-get update
~*****~ /*lots of fetching stuff*/
Fetched 815B in 1s (618B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_uni verse_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
cptnfool@mobileamish:~$

cptnfool@mobileamish:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_uni verse_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
cptnfool@mobileamish:~$

[taurus]

1. Go into System -> Administration -> Software Sources and switch to another server. Then close it and run


sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

or

2. Post your /etc/apt/sources.list and the output of this command.


lsb_release -a
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[cptnfool]

You wanted sources.lst c/p here? if not ill edit it out again for clenliness....

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release amd64 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-security universe
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ jaunty-security multiverse
# deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free # disabled on upgrade to jaunty

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free # disabled on upgrade to jaunty
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu jaunty main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu jaunty main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty
# deb http://javadesktop.org/lg3d/debian stable contrib
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu jaunty main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu jaunty main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu jaunty main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu hardy main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty
# deb http://www.fbriere.net/debian/dists/stable misc/


note that i purposely re-enabled some of those sources... some of them a bad idea perhaps?
and the output of lsb_release -a
~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty

ps, me == forum noob, how do i put code braces around my stuffs?

[taurus]

You, somehow, have an entry for hardy, second to last, deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu hardy main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty. Therefore, you either need to replace the word hardy to jauntry in there or place a # in front of the line to comment it out.



#deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu hardy main # disabled on upgrade to jaunty
Now, do those things in Step 1 in my previous message, switching to another server.

p.s. To edit /etc/apt/sources.list, run


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sourcces.list

[cptnfool]

when i changed sources, it went through the pagkace download process, checking for updates for a few seconds, then it came up with this error again...
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_ binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

when i closed the error, it exited the sources program.

changed hardy to jaunty.
(why gksudo gedit? sudo gedit seems to work fine, but im just curious :))




cptnfool@mobileamish:~$ sudo apt-get clean
< ---- gave no output, just a new line waiting for more input.
cptnfool@mobileamish:~$ sudo apt-get update

W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4874D3686E80C6B7
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

cptnfool@mobileamish:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_ binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
corey@mobileamish:~$

[cptnfool]

i gotta run for a few hours, thanks for the help insofar.
ill try what you post when i get back later tonight.

[taurus]

You need to add PPA's keys to your machine before you can use the ppa.launchpad.net repos.

https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA?action=show&redirect=PPA

Sudo is for a terminal while gksu/gksudo is more for a GUI apps.

[cptnfool]

yes, i know that those ppa are not properly working, they have not been for some time. still, i tried to reactivate them, but i was not succesful, as this required me to use the source manager, which also gives me an error.... maybe time to re-install?

[taurus]

All you have to do is to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and put a # in front of all the repos that have ppa.launchpad.net in there. That's how you comment out your repos. Then, save it and run


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[cptnfool]

after i have commented out all ppa.launchpad.net entries in my sources.lst, i still get errors when i run apt-get update

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/download.virtualbox.org_virtualbox_debian_dists_ja unty_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.