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Packages informations damaged

Asked by Antonio Intelisano

E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_ferramroberto_gimp_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:L'elenco dei pacchetti o il file di stato non può essere letto o aperto.

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This question was originally filed as bug #923867.

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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Individual breakage, the intention is not to log a deficiency

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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

This can be fixed by reading a similar issue here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/155500

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

Actually it's fixed for main repos, bug 346386, but ppa still break upgrades.
For future interest before attempting an upgrade rather disable ppa or other third party repos in third party tab of software-sources.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Third-Party_Software_Tab

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