Ubuntu
update-manager package

Could not initialize the package information

Asked by Mike MacLean on 2010-10-08

Binary package hint: update-manager

1) Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS
2) Couldn't get version. Synaptic crashes, see below; apt-cache policy packagename gets me:

  mike@mike-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy packagename
  E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
  E: Error occurred while processing vino (NewVersion1)
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) expected Update Manager to open
4) Update Manager crashed, reporting following error:

"When opening Update Manager
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:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing vino (NewVersion1), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'"

5) When I tried to open Synaptic Package Manager, it crashed too, giving me:

"E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing vino (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report"

Question information

Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Answered

For:: Ubuntu update-manager Edit question

Assignee:: No assignee Edit question

Last query:: 2010-10-11

Last reply:: 2010-10-12

This question was originally filed as bug #656725.

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) said on 2010-10-08:

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said on 2010-10-08:

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

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Mike MacLean (mmacleanh) said on 2010-10-11:

mike@mike-desktop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
mike@mike-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux mike-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:58:24 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
[sudo] password for mike:
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/lock': No such file or directory
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/availablemike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
32 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up man-db (2.5.7-2ubuntu1) ...
Updating database of manual pages ...

Setting up libdevmapper1.02.1 (2:1.02.39-1ubuntu4.1) ...

Setting up mountall (2.15.3) ...
Setting up libkrb5support0 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libk5crypto3 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkrb5-3 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libgssrpc4 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkadm5clnt-mit7 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkdb5-4 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkadm5srv-mit7 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up dmsetup (2:1.02.39-1ubuntu4.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Setting up dpkg-dev (1.15.5.6ubuntu4.4) ...
Setting up erlang-base (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Searching for services which depend on erlang and should be started...none found.

Setting up erlang-crypto (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up erlang-mnesia (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up erlang-runtime-tools (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up erlang-public-key (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up erlang-ssl (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up erlang-inets (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up erlang-syntax-tools (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up erlang-xmerl (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up gwibber-service (2.30.2-0ubuntu3) ...

Setting up krb5-multidev (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...
Setting up libpq5 (8.4.5-0ubuntu10.04) ...

Setting up libservlet2.5-java (6.0.24-2ubuntu1.4) ...
Setting up libssl-dev (0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.3) ...
Setting up openssl (0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.3) ...

Setting up tzdata-java (2010m-0ubuntu0.10.04) ...
Setting up indicator-sound (0.2.5-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up libkrb5-dev (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...
Processing triggers for python-central ...
Setting up gwibber (2.30.2-0ubuntu3) ...

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
Processing triggers for python-central ...
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg [198B]
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Fetched 12.1MB in 1min 43s (118kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mike@mike-desktop:~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory

mike@mike-desktop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
mike@mike-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux mike-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:58:24 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
[sudo] password for mike: 
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/lock': No such file or directory
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/availablemike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
32 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up man-db (2.5.7-2ubuntu1) ...
Updating database of manual pages ...

Setting up libdevmapper1.02.1 (2:1.02.39-1ubuntu4.1) ...

Setting up mountall (2.15.3) ...
Setting up libkrb5support0 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libk5crypto3 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkrb5-3 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libgssrpc4 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkadm5clnt-mit7 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkdb5-4 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up libkadm5srv-mit7 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...

Setting up dmsetup (2:1.02.39-1ubuntu4.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Setting up dpkg-dev (1.15.5.6ubuntu4.4) ...
Setting up erlang-base (1:13.b.3-dfsg-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Searching for services which depend on erlang and should be started...none found.

Setting up krb5-multidev (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...
Setting up libpq5 (8.4.5-0ubuntu10.04) ...

Setting up libservlet2.5-java (6.0.24-2ubuntu1.4) ...
Setting up libssl-dev (0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.3) ...
Setting up openssl (0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.3) ...

Setting up tzdata-java (2010m-0ubuntu0.10.04) ...
Setting up indicator-sound (0.2.5-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up libkrb5-dev (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...
Processing triggers for python-central ...
Setting up gwibber (2.30.2-0ubuntu3) ...

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
Processing triggers for python-central ...
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg [198B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B]
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Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mike@mike-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages              
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/universe Packages
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mike@mike-desktop:~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said on 2010-10-12:

Procedure seems to have worked. Output looks fine now. Can you confirm the issue is solved now?

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Dabo Melakou (hedonlux) said on 2013-07-14:

Hello,
I practically had the same problem and following the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure I managed to solve the problem,
I would like to thank you for your help

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