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Update Manager error "E: The package cache file is corrupted"

Asked by Geoffrey Gaskell on 2008-11-07

In Ubuntu 8.10 using the Update Manager the following error report appears:

E: The package cache file is corrupted
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

It doesn't seem to interfere with updating packages. I don't know enough about computers to
know what this all means, but I would like to get rid of these error messages. Simple instructions
easy enough for a "computer simpleton" to follow would be appreciated.

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu update-manager Edit question

Assignee:: No assignee Edit question

Solved by:: paper0k

Solved:: 2008-11-08

Last query:: 2008-11-08

Last reply:: 2008-11-08

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said on 2008-11-08:

You can try cleaning you package cache out

sudo apt-get clean all

Hope this helps

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Geoffrey Gaskell (ggaskell) said on 2008-11-08:

Thank you, have just tried this & it seemed to improve the performance of the progress bars, but
unfortunately the very same message reappeared right at the end. Perhaps this is a bug (rather
than a feature)?