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update-manager package

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Asked by Navin Talati

Friends,
How to solve this reporting?
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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/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_restricted_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
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How to resolve this restricted binary-i386_Packages ?
Navin Talati/30-2011

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Perform the steps at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure will typically solve that problem.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

You have some apt internal db packages issue...

Please try... the terminal commands below...

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
sudo aptitude clean
sudo aptitude autoclean
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude install -f
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Hth

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Navin Talati (n-m-talati) said : 		#3

Sir,
Please refer the last FOUR commands.
These are:
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sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude install -f
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
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The results are as under:-
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navin@navin-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
navin@navin-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libwbclient0 (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3) ...
Setting up libsmbclient (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3) ...
Setting up samba-common (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3) ...
Setting up smbclient (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3) ...
Setting up samba-common-bin (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
navin@navin-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo aptitude install -f
sudo: aptitude: command not found
navin@navin-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo aptitude update
sudo: aptitude: command not found
navin@navin-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
sudo: aptitude: command not found
navin@navin-System-Product-Name:~$
navin@navin-System-Product-Name:~$
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Indicates about the unavailability of the commands.
Now what to do further?

Navin Talati / 4-8-2011

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Sorry please type:

sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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Navin Talati (n-m-talati) said : 		#5

Solved the problem
Navin Talati / 5-9-2011

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Navin Talati (n-m-talati) said : 		#6

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.