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bennettg
January 17th, 2011, 10:50 PM
hi i am a noob, but have been loving ubuntu and been without problems until this yesterday, when my system became slow and frozen at times. the update manager started on its own and gave me the following error:

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'Eroblem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing libcupsdriver1 (NewVersion2), Eroblem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_b inary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

i was able to see the file in the folder. i then searched some other threads and tried the terminal sud apt-get update and the same non-responsiveness/frozen happened. here is the terminal output:

bennettg@352wery313qgsb:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for bennettg:
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/doctormo/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/doctormo/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/ha...leases/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/ha...leases/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [72B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg
Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/free Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/free Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347B]
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Get:4 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [737B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick/free i386 Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick/non-free i386 Packages
Fetched 2,353B in 2s (1,039B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing libcupsdriver1 (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_b inary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
bennettg@352wery313qgsb:~$


does anyone know how to fix this?
thanks in advance

plucky
January 18th, 2011, 10:43 AM
E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing libcupsdriver1 (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_b inary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

You could try opening Synaptic Package Manager and look for the "Broken Packages" and fix libcupsdriver1,which is the package that seems to be broken.

Or

From a terminal
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install -f

The first command will clear out all the downloaded files in /var/cache/apt/archives so,if you don't want to lose those files don't run the command.It is so that apt-get will download a fresh copy of the libcupsdriver1 .deb file incase the first one is corrupt.

The second command should attempt to fix the broken package.

Good Luck

dino99
January 18th, 2011, 11:10 AM
way to much ppa
better to use main server
mixing maverick & lucid is not a good idea

uyulala
February 3rd, 2011, 09:03 PM
You may want to look into the file update-manager doesn't like:

/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_b inary-i386_Packages

Does it look like a lot of information about packages, or something completely different?

This error happend to me because update-manager tried to download the list while I was connected to a wireless hotspot which presents a login page to users, like the type you often find in hotels and airports. The "list" stored in /var/lib/apt was in fact a html login page.

It doesnt hurt to try to replace thee broken list: Remove the list of /var/lib/apt/lists and get a new copy,

$ sudo rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_b inary-i386_Packages
$ sudo apt-get update


Regards,

paralia20105
February 10th, 2011, 09:46 AM
Mybe these will help:



sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update