fatski wrote:
> This also affects me, Ubuntu Jaunty, cannot run any package manager,
> Synaptic, Update manager, apt-get, or aptitude from the menu or the
> terminal. I get the error mentioned in the original bug report. All
> versions are as supplied in the repositories.
>
> ** Changed in: synapti
Thanks for your reply and suggestions. I regret to have to report that,
having found an unorthodox solution already, I was unable to apply them.
Being an impatient beginner I removed the HDD from the laptop (Acer
Aspire 3630) on which the Jaunty installation failed and put it in
another laptop
Public bug reported:
Installing from official Ubuntu 9.04 CD resulted invariably in the
following error report, couplet to a request to report:
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
information.
Please report this bug agains
Thanks for your message. Excuse my ignorance, please, but what now?
- Original Message -
From: "Ajsquared"
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:11 PM
Subject: [Bug 392994] Re: update/package manager don't open
** Package changed: ubuntu => synaptic (Ubuntu)
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update/package manager do
Public bug reported:
unable to open package manager. updating impossible.got this message in
explanation of the error.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The