following the steps of packagemanagertroubleshooting procedure at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure
step 5 :
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::http::proxy "http://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::https::proxy "https://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf~:Acquire::http::proxy "http://dit@dit:172.16.30.200:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf~:Acquire::https::proxy "https://dit@dit:172.16.30.200:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf~:Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://dit@dit:172.16.30.200:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf~:Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://dit@dit:172.16.30.200:8080/";
http_proxy="http://172.16.30.200:8080/"
https_proxy="https://172.16.30.200:8080/"
ftp_proxy="ftp://172.16.30.200:8080/"
socks_proxy="socks://172.16.30.200:8080/"
http://172.16.30.200:8080/
ftp://172.16.30.200:8080/
didn't get any output for grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc grep proxy ~/.bashrc
Acquire::http::proxy "http://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://dit:dit@172.16.30.200:8080/";
didn't get any output for sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"
Linux rishi 3.8.0-29-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 13 23:12:18 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
didn't get any output for sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
mv: cannot stat ‘/var/lib/dpkg/status’: No such file or directory
no output
{
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
}
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
25 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up libbonobo2-common (2.32.1-0ubuntu3) ...
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Setting up libidl0:i386 (0.8.14-0.2ubuntu3) ...
Setting up liborbit2:i386 (1:2.14.19-0.1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libbonobo2-0:i386 (2.32.1-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libglade2-0:i386 (1:2.6.4-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libgnomevfs2-common (1:2.24.4-1ubuntu5) ...
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Setting up libgnome2-common (2.32.1-2ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libgnomecanvas2-common (2.30.3-1ubuntu2) ...
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Setting up libbonoboui2-common (2.24.5-0ubuntu2) ...
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Setting up libkeybinder0 (0.3.0-1ubuntu1) ...
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Setting up libgnome2-0:i386 (2.32.1-2ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libbonoboui2-0:i386 (2.24.5-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libgnomeui-0:i386 (2.24.5-2ubuntu3) ...
Setting up python-gnome2 (2.28.1+dfsg-1build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:5 http://extras.ubuntu.com raring Release [9756 B]
Get:6 http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources [14 B]
Get:7 http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:9 http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release [40.8 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Sources [38.5 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Sources [8842 B]
Get:14 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release [40.8 kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Sources [2266 B]
Get:16 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release [40.8 kB]
Get:17 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release [40.8 kB]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main i386 Packages [101 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe i386 Packages [34.3 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3864 B]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en [52.5 kB]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en [1826 B]
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Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en [21.4 kB]
Get:26 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources [963 kB]
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Get:28 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Sources [5838 kB]
Get:29 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Sources [171 kB]
Get:30 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages [1168 kB]
Get:31 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages [9623 B]
Get:32 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages [5405 kB]
Get:33 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages [131 kB]
Get:34 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en [98.4 kB]
Get:35 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en [2767 B]
Get:36 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en [3736 kB]
Get:37 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Sources [65.1 kB]
Get:38 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:39 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Sources [71.9 kB]
Get:40 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Sources [2266 B]
Get:41 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main i386 Packages [166 kB]
Get:42 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:43 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe i386 Packages [144 kB]
Get:44 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [3864 B]
Get:45 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en [79.1 kB]
Get:46 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en [1826 B]
Get:47 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:48 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en [74.9 kB]
Get:49 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Sources [902 B]
Get:50 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:51 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Sources [5134 B]
Get:52 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Sources [1403 B]
Get:53 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main i386 Packages [565 B]
Get:54 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:55 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe i386 Packages [6239 B]
Get:56 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [1345 B]
Get:57 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Translation-en [269 B]
Get:58 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Translation-en [1040 B]
Get:59 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:60 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Translation-en [4983 B]
Get:61 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Fetched 18.6 MB in 37min 1s (8374 B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
no output sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo dpkg --clear-avail
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com raring Release
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release.gpg
Get:3 http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release [40.8 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Sources [38.5 kB]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Sources [14 B]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release
Get:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release [40.8 kB]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Sources [8842 B]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Sources [2266 B]
Get:10 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Sources [65.1 kB]
Get:11 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:12 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Sources [71.9 kB]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main i386 Packages [101 kB]
Get:14 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Sources [2266 B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe i386 Packages [34.3 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3864 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en
Get:18 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main i386 Packages [166 kB]
Get:19 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:20 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe i386 Packages [144 kB]
Get:21 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [3864 B]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 725 kB in 3min 15s (3717 B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
/etc/apt/sources.list
1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Release i386 (20130424)]/ raring main restricted
2
3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
4 # newer versions of the distribution.
5 deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted
6 deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted
7
8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
9 ## distribution.
10 deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted
11 deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted
12
13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
16 deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe
17 deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe
18 deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe
19 deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe
20
21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
25 ## security team.
26 deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
27 deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
28 deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse
29 deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse
30
31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
36 deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
37 deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
38
39 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
40 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
41 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
42 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
43 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse
44 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse
45
46 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
47 ## 'partner' repository.
48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
49 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
50 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
51 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
52
53 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
54 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
55 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main
56 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main