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update-manager package

update manager & package mgnt error

Asked by Steve Sears

I'm receiving the following error:

 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/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

 Natty has been working fine until now. Toshiba A665 laptop, duel boot Win-7. Any help would be appreciated.

steve

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

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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Steve Sears (me-steve-sears) said : 		#2

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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tenfishsticks (tenfishsticks) said : 		#3

This solved my issue as well, thanks actionparsnip!