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
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:
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 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
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
