I too got the error: E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
I did as suggested above by Arnav Ghosh, and that seemed to fix the problem! Thanx. I'm still running Hardy Kubuntu. Ric -- "E: _cache->open() failed, please report" due to malformed repository - synaptic should not fall over. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111688 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs