Public bug reported:
When I closed my update manager when it still hadn't finished its
updates and reopened it, I got this error.
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/dl.google
.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The
package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
And then I thought I would just reinstall update manager using Ubuntu
software centre but the list of software never loaded.
And then I tried Synaptic package manager:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
And then with command line. Tried apt-get update.
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
And then I restarted my comp hoping that would solve my problem. But, I
had installed screenlet, which ran into a problem of its own.
Requirements for the Screenlet are not satisfied! Use the package manager of
your system to install required packages.
REQUIREMENTS:
python-numpy ? required, NOT INSTALLED!
Now, my wireless driver is not working as well. I am just using Windows
7 to report the bug as I can't access internet using Ubuntu.
More info:
I am currently using Ubuntu Natty Narwhal 11.04.
I am not sure about update-manager's version but I had already updated all of
my softwares about 10 hours ago. (on 3-7-2011 12.00 PM GMT +8)
I was just hoping the update manager would show some new software updates. I
closed and reopened because it was taking a while to load.
Instead when I opened it, it came up with a dialog box with the above log.
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Cannot use update manager, synaptic package manager, ubuntu software
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