Update Manager isn't working now ...

[Rob Sayer]

I tried to run it a few minutes ago ... I think there may have been a hiccup in the wireless connection.

I got a message, along with a suggestion to check the internet connection:

'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:

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, Eroblem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_multive rse_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

Now I'm getting the above message every time I try to run Update Manager. Other web access is working fine.

I don't know where to report bugs, and frankly I'm more concerned with getting update manager working again. There's no menu, anything, just a close button.

BTW this is the result of my sudo apt get:

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Get:3 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable Release
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Get:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Get:5 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [1,020 B]
Get:6 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages [1,232 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources [1,056 B]
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free TranslationIndex
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages [1,249 B]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages [1,260 B]
Get:10 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [1,229 B]
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release

Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_CA
Get:11 http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages [808 B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_CA
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en_CA
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 8,646 B in 2s (3,762 B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG A7E13D78E4A4F4F4 Launchpad PPA named smplayer for rvm
W: GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 16126D3A3E5C1192 Ubuntu Extras Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: GPG error: http://deb.opera.com stable Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG AAFF4A5B336064B5 Opera Software Archive Automatic Signing Key 2012 <packager@opera.com>
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

W: Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...recise/Release

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...curity/Release

W: Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...pdates/Release

W: Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...kports/Release

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_multive rse_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.



Edit: I don't know why there's a smiley face in the quote ...

[mapes12]

What version of Ubu do you have?

[dgharmon]

Now I'm getting the above message every time I try to run Update Manager. Other web access is working fine.

Try ...

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

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please try:

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

The first command will remove the damaged list and when you run the second command it will replace it with a new list.

sudo apt-get update

Thanks

[Rob Sayer]

Hi, please try:

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

The first command will remove the damaged list and when you run the second command it will replace it with a new list.

sudo apt-get update

Thanks

It worked. Update complete. Making a note of first sudo parameters now ...

Thanks.

[wildmanne39]

Your welcome!

[chamjinislro]

Hi, I have the same problems as well, and when I do this it comes up with

rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists': Is a directory

what to do? completely new to ubuntu and struggling...

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please do:

sudo apt-get update

then post the results here by clicking on new reply and click # then paste the information between the brackets.
Thank you