Google Chrome

[elsneakums]

I installed Google Chrome from a deb in 10.04 and it seems to work however when i click the package manager i get this error:

E: Malformed 3rd word in the Status line
E: Error occurred while processing libavahi-common-data (UsePackage2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

How do i go about uninstalling Google Chrome?

[v1ad]

sudo apt-get --purge remove google-chrome-stable

and then reinstall.... or it should be in your package manager. look in installed programs..

[elsneakums]

Tried that command in the terminal and get this:

sudo apt-get --purge remove google-chrome-stable
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Malformed 3rd word in the Status line
E: Error occurred while processing libavahi-common-data (UsePackage2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

My software centre also says ive got 0 items installed!

[v1ad]

hmm seems like your package list is screwed up.. do
sudo apt-get update

twice, then sudo apt-get upgrade -y

if chrome doesn't work then, try removing it again and reinstallling

[sikander3786]

Edit your status file by,


gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

Search for libavahi-common-data. Its status line should read like this


Status: install ok installed

There is something malformed there. Correct it, save and close and try again.

[elsneakums]

Just keep getting the same error message over and over. Any other ideas?

[sikander3786]

Just keep getting the same error message over and over. Any other ideas?
Did you try the advice in my above post?

[elsneakums]

Yeah i got a big red button with a white line through it come up, in the end i reinstalled 10.04
Thanks for the help