That's fixed it - thanks! I had seen it on askubuntu, but was a bit wary of trying it as I didn't know exactly what it did.
Dianne On Sun, 2012-11-11 at 21:42 +0000, Colin Law wrote: > On 11 November 2012 21:28, Dianne Reuby <pramc...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Still have this problem, so I'm getting no updates, and can't run > > software centre. > > > > apt-get install gives: > > Reading package lists... Error! > > E: Problem parsing dependency Depends > > E: Error occurred while processing libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2) > > E: Problem with > > MergeList > > /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages > > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > > > Anything else I can try? > > Google suggests this which looks like a good bet > http://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-error-when-trying-to-do-an-update > > Colin > > > Thanks! > > Dianne > > > > On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 18:53 +0000, Dianne Reuby wrote: > >> I get the same error msg in terminal with those commands :( > >> > >> I do have problems with this installation - frequent crashes when the > >> screen goes to text-only, several times a day. Probably my oldish > >> hardware, as the same problem doesn't seem to be happening on my laptop > >> which is much more modern. (At least, the person using it hasn't > >> complained!) > >> > >> Dianne > >> > >> On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 17:01 +0000, Dave Morley wrote: > >> > On 30/10/12 16:55, Dianne Reuby wrote: > >> > > I got this message from update-manager: == Please report this bug > >> > > for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following > >> > > error message: > >> > > > >> > > 'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while > >> > > processing libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2), E:Problem with > >> > > MergeList > >> > > /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise- > >> > > security_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status > >> > > file could not be parsed or opened.' == > >> > > > >> > > System: > >> > > > >> > > Release 12.04 (precise) 32-bit Kernel Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae > >> > > GNOME 3.4.2 Intel® Celeron(R) D CPU 3.33GHz > >> > > > >> > > I've posted a bug as instructed, but meanwhile can I do anything to > >> > > get my update-manager working? This was a clean install about two > >> > > months ago, not an upgrade, and I had updates yesterday which > >> > > installed OK. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, Dianne > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Open a terminal. Do "sudo apt-get install -f && sudo apt-get > >> > auto-clear && sudo apt-get update" > >> > > >> > Then try update manager again and see what happens. > >> > > >> > The first command is the standard force anything that didn't install > >> > to install, the second clears the apt cache, the third builds a new > >> > cache. > >> > > >> > Hopefully that will resolve and issue and get you up and running again. > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
