update manager crashes when i "show updates"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
running ubuntu 12.04 LTS. when i try to "show updates" i get an error message:
"
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/
"
when i try to install updates an error message says:
"
Failed to load the package list
This is a serious problem. Try again later. If this problem appears again, please report an error to the developers.
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/
"
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your bug report it seems that you are experiencing bug 346386. This issue happens when you have tried to update your package information when you are a network that didn't return the right files. This issue can be cleaned up by using the following commands in a terminal:
1.) sudo rm /var/lib/ apt/lists/ *
2.) sudo apt-get update
Thanks and good luck!
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