[Bug 890288] Re: Update manager could not initialize the package information
Pulkit Verma
890288 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Nov 16 11:49:04 UTC 2011
The problem was fixed when I run "apt-get update" today... So its fixed
now. :)
P.S.: Before today whenever I run this command it always gave some
error, which I don't remember now... :-|
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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Title:
Update manager could not initialize the package information
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Whenever I run the update manager on my ubuntu 11.10 it just gives the
following msesage:
"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/in.archive.ubuntu
.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The
package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'"
Output of the command 'apt-cache policy pkgname':
"E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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