Its showing that "Package System is Broken"

Asked by Jagadeesh Prasad S H

Binary package hint: totem

when i open a movie clip its gives the option to search for plugins in internet. when i search the internet ...it gives "package system is brken "error message

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: totem 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 27 19:15:44 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem

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Jagadeesh Prasad S H (jeevan15889) said :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) said :
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seems a local issue rather than a totem bug

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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You need to repair package management.
Close all GUIs and open a terminal: ctrl+alt+t

Try to update the system, in case of error messages post the output here.
(Highlight text in terminal and paste with middle mouse click)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Reference.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

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