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update-manager package

could not install any new software

Asked by walid alassaad

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:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_jldugger_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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This question was originally filed as bug #737905.

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said : 		#1

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. There is also a vibrant support community available at http://askubuntu.com and you might consider asking your question there.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#2

Gutsy is not maintained since a long time. Why do you still use it ? You could use LTS 10.04.2 (3 years) or 10.10 (18 months) or if you have a small hardware configuration a more light Linux distro.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

Please open a terminal and issue the following command
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_jldugger_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_main_binary-i386_Packages
Then try the installatioj of software again.

If there are error message again please try the steps as described in
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

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