Ubuntu
update-manager package

Software update can't initialize package information.

Asked by Vibhu Vaibhav on 2017-10-19

E:Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_tsvetko.tsvetkov_trusty-backports_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_binary-amd64_Packages (1), E:Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_tsvetko.tsvetkov_trusty-backports_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_binary-i386_Packages (1), E:Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_tsvetko.tsvetkov_trusty-backports_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_binary-all_Packages (1), E:Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_tsvetko.tsvetkov_trusty-backports_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_i18n_Translation-en (1), W:You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems, E:The package cache file is corrupted

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For:: Ubuntu update-manager Edit question

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Last query:: 2017-10-19

Last reply:: 2017-11-07

This question was originally filed as bug #1724780.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) said on 2017-10-20:

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 understand the difficulties you are facing, but it is better to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. You can also find help posting your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu's community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at http://askubuntu.com. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.