Can't update my computer

[rannuG]

Got it! I found an older thread where someone had a similar problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248969

This was the answer
type this - sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf

then type this - sudo apt-get update

thanks for your help on the way

All seems to be working fine now.
Thanks all for your help!


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Hello, I got a problem with my Ubuntu 9.04.
Whenever I go to the Update Manager, Synaptic and Add/Remove, I get messages saying something's wrong:

Update Manager:

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

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

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/wine.budgetdedicated.com_apt_dists_jaunty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

Add/Remove:

This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.

I did try 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f' but it didn't work at all. When doing so, this came up:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/wine.budgetdedicated.com_apt_dists_jaunty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Synaptic:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/wine.budgetdedicated.com_apt_dists_jaunty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages
E: Package list or condition list couldn't be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

I guess it might be my source list. Maybe there's something wrong with it?

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

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

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/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://is.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://is.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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 intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security multiverse
# deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt jaunty main #WineHQ - Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" disabled on upgrade to jaunty
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt jaunty main #WineHQ - Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope"

Any help would be really apprecited.

[NoaHall]

Well, to solve it , put a "#" before the last line. However, you won't get any more direct updates from Wine. So it's only a temporary fix.

[codemyster]

Try removing the last line in your sources.list file, save it, and then try to apt-get update.

[rannuG]

When putting # before the last line, I get this:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/wine.budgetdedicated.com_apt_dists_jaunty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

when removing the last line, I get this:

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-i386_Packages

Hmm...

[NoaHall]

You have jaunty or interpid?

[rannuG]

Jaunty.

[NoaHall]

Can you run

cat /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_ binary-i386_Packages

[rannuG]

Nope.

$ cat /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_ binary-i386_Packages
cat: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_ : No such file or directory
cat: binary-i386_Packages: No such file or directory

[NoaHall]

Hm. I have no idea what the code for iceland is.

Run

ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner

[rannuG]

$ ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner
archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_ binary-i386_Packages

It might be IS.