[Bug 1316755] Re: Can not access the softrware centre

[Seth Arnold]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears
to be a "regular" (non-security) bug.  I have unmarked it as a security
issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to
cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy.
Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public

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Title:
  Can not access the softrware centre

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I logged in during  Easter to my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS & clicked on
  the update package , instead of  updating the software, the following
  window appeared:

  COULD NOT INITIALISE THE PACKAGE INFORMATION

  AN UN-RESOLNABLE PROBLEM OCCURED WHILE INTIALISING THE PACKAGE
  INFORMATION.

  PLEASE REPORT THIS BUG FOR THE UPDATE MANAGER AND TRY TO INCLUDE THE
  FOLLOWING ERROR MESSAGE

  "E: ENCOUNTERD A SECTION WITH NO NO PACKAGE : HEADER, E: PROBLEM  WITH
  MERGELIST/VAR/LIB/APT/LISTS/EXTRAS. UBUNTU
  .COM_UBUNTU_DISTS_PRECISE_MAIN_BINARY-i386_PACKAGES,E: THE PACKAGE
  LIST OR STATUS FILE COULD NOT BE PREPARED OR OPENED"

  To this day I cannot use the software centre or the Synaptic Package
  Manager or the update manager.

  Is it p[ossible to either un-install or re-install Ubuntu; it is
  running along side Windows 8.1

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