update manager error

johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for johnhill:
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ echo $http_proxy

johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
Specified filename /var/lib/dpkg/lock does not exist.
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS"
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux johnhill-laptop 2.6.32-49-generic #111-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 20 21:28:42 UTC 2013 i686 GNU/Linux
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/lock': No such file or directory
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/dpkg/lock': No such file or directory
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$
johnhill@johnhill-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  language-support-input-ru* libaudio2* libgsm1* libmng1* libphonon4*
  libqt4-dbus* libqt4-designer* libqt4-network* libqt4-script* libqt4-webkit*
  libqt4-xml* libqt4-xmlpatterns* libqtcore4* libqtgui4*
  libschroedinger-1.0-0* linux-headers-2.6.32-45*
  linux-headers-2.6.32-45-generic* sdparm*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 18 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 143MB disk space will be freed.
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I was told to do this from the package manger troubleshooting guide.I hope this helps. Thanks for any help