Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
apt-get, Synaptic Add/Remove and Update Manager all affected by what
seems to be the same problem -
An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include
the following error message:
'E:Problem parsing dependency Suggests, E:Error occurred while
processing openoffice.org (NewVersion1), E:Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_main_binary-
i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
opened.'
... is what I get when trying to use Update, and apt-get update gives the same
response. This bug seems to have been found previously (Bug#115087), but has
been un-resolved. Duplicate bugs are also ended with system re-installs or no
further input. User 'Wousser' has suggested a couple of fixes for the issue in
other reports, but neither have worked for me:-
$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
$ sudo apt-get update
or:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
$ sudo apt-get install -f
$ sudo apt-get update
In the previously mentioned Bug Report, 'Michael Vogt' asked for results
to these commands:-
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
seems to work, just asks for p/w and gives no result, new command line.
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Suggests
E: Error occurred while processing openoffice.org (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
$ sudo apt-get update
goes through the repos, then:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Suggests
E: Error occurred while processing openoffice.org (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Also asked for is a copy of file /var/lib/dpkg/status, which i'll try to
figure out how to attach in another post.
Hope you can help
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt-get & Update Manager 'Problem parsing dependency suggests'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174165
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