[Bug 905377] Re: Update Manager suggested sending in bug report -"Could not initialize the package information"

[Tim]

Run these:

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-tmp

then...

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status

Then try the 'sudo apt-get update'
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Title:
  Update Manager suggested sending in bug report -"Could not initialize
  the package information"

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
  information.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
  include the following error message:

  'W:Encountered status field in a non-version description, E:Malformed
  1st word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while processing amarok-
  common (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status,
  E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  Ubuntu release
  ~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 10.10
  Release:	10.10

  Package version
  ~$ apt-cache policy package-manager
  Segmentation fault

  Ubuntu - bug didn't work; gave further error
  Could not open location 'file:///home/john/ubunter%20-bug'
  error stating file '/home/john/ubuntu -
  bug': No such file or directory

  Hope this helps someone; it's all bits to me.

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