Re: update error in 11.04

On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:23:25 PM Nils Kassube wrote:
Dave Stevens wrote:
I was running package updates and had to interrupt the process. Now
when I try to repeat this process I get the message below:

Could not initialize the package information

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/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_partner_b
inary- i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be
parsed or opened.'

I don't know who to report this to - who is responsible for
package-manager

Try the command

ubuntu-bug update-manager

This gives "Invalid problem report' and details: Could not determine the
package or source package name.
"

in a terminal.

and also don't know how to reinitialize package
manager to make it work again.

I don't know if this would help (haven't seen that error message before)
but you could try these commands

sudo dpkg --configure -a

worked without incident to judge from the non-output

sudo apt-get install -f

fails with:

E:Encountered a section with no Package: header and then

E:Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_partner_binary-
i386_Packages an dfinally

E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

so no apparent progress there

Thanks for the suggestions thoughj

Dave



in a terminal.


Nils

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