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Error in updating package - E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_partner_i18n_Translation-en

Asked by Hee-Young Shin

When downloading and updating package through Update Manager, the following error messages appeared and the Manager stopped working.

E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_partner_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

After this message, Synaptic updater, Update Manager, etc do not work properly any more.
Can anyone teach me how to fix this system bug?

Best wishes,

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Try the following:

Open a terminal (ctrl-alt-T) and enter the following command

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_partner_i18n_Translation-en

When this asks for your password, please enter it (but note that you will not get any feedback when entering the password, no echo, not even '*' placeholders).

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Log a bug for starters. Natty is full of bugs and is NOT stable and NOT ready.

I suggest you remove the partner repo in software centre as well as run:

sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
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 mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists; sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean; LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail; sudo dpkg --configure -a
LANG=C;sudo apt-get install -f
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
LANG=C;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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Hee-Young Shin (interglobe07-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Thank you very much.
Your suggestions worked nicely.

Best