Update Manager Bug

[Sarel Cilliers]

I cannot Update/upgrade Ubuntu in any way, and I also can't install ppa-purge to remove to wayward apps.

This is the error msg that I receive:

''Could not initialise the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package information.

Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following error message:

'E:Type ‘t/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu’ is not known on line 3 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jcfp-ppa-maverick.list'''

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Please post the entire contents of the file in question: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jcfp-ppa-maverick.list

[Sarel Cilliers (sarel-a-cilliers)]

This is the content of the file in question:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
t/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu natty main # disabled on upgrade to natty

Hope this helps!

[Sarel Cilliers (sarel-a-cilliers)]

Hi Dave

Thanks for responding so quickly!  I'm still a relative newb with ubuntu, so I deferred the upgrade for quite long because I just got use to the layout of the GUI.  Now when I'm ready to upgrade, I can't!  I have tried everything (to my knowledge), and done exhaustive searches on forums and such.

I have posted the contents of the file to the post, so I hope that helps!

Cheers
-Sarel

________________________________
 From: Dave Lentz <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, 28 May 2012, 3:44
Subject: [Bug 1005291] Re: Update Manager Bug

Please post the entire contents of the file in question:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/jcfp-ppa-maverick.list

** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => apt (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Update Manager Bug

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I cannot Update/upgrade Ubuntu in any way, and I also can't install
  ppa-purge to remove to wayward apps.

  This is the error msg that I receive:

  ''Could not initialise the package information

  An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package
  information.

  Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to
  include the following error message:

  'E:Type ‘t/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu’ is not known on line 3 in source list
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jcfp-ppa-maverick.list'''

  Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

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[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Which version of Ubuntu are you running? The following command will tell you if you're unsure:
lsb_release -a

You either need to delete the problematic line, or fix it if you still want to use sabnzbdplus. The line should not be:
t/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu natty main # disabled on upgrade to natty
but rather:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu natty main # disabled on upgrade to natty

You can edit the file with this command:
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jcfp-ppa-maverick.list

And when you're finished, run:
sudo apt-get update

[Sarel Cilliers (sarel-a-cilliers)]

Thanks Guys, I have repaired the errant line in the list file, and I'm now in the process of upgrading. Many Thanks