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devananda
June 19th, 2009, 09:51 AM
in jaunty,,osystem .
eee pc 1000h
since my internet connection suddenly was,interrupt for some time..
now the connection is back ,,but i cant acces my package manager or update manager..
i got the following message:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
i need help to solve this issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks a lot
devananda
June 19th, 2009, 02:15 PM
is this a bug???
Therion
June 19th, 2009, 02:24 PM
No, it's not a bug. Try selecting a different server or do updates via the Terminal:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
scales
June 19th, 2009, 02:33 PM
maybe open up a terminal and type
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
in that order
devananda
June 19th, 2009, 02:41 PM
i got the same error again
;
~$ sudo aptitude update
[sudo] password for ryeknow:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
anything else i can do to solve this??
devananda
June 19th, 2009, 02:47 PM
it wont work with the commands
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
i just got the same error message:(
devananda
June 19th, 2009, 03:02 PM
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
:icon_frown:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid-backports_restricted_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
so it seems to be a bug!!!!!!
i cant acces any progrms like package manager,update manager
devananda
June 19th, 2009, 05:20 PM
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
:icon_frown:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid-backports_restricted_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
so it seems to be a bug!!!!!!
i cant acces any progrms like package manager,update managerpls help meeee
raymondh
June 20th, 2009, 01:54 AM
pls help meeee
Devananda ... there is a reason why we do our best not to double post.
See your other thread (of the same issue .... 'major failure of software management system) as tgilati4 has a valuable input for you there.
Hope that helps you. Peace.
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