An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package information.

Bug #557771 reported by damianaherne
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

This problem is likely due to a corrupted package list. Could you please open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages
sudo apt-get update

and try performing the upgrade again. This will likely fix your issue. If so then set the status of this report to invalid. Thanks in advance.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.
To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New".
Thanks again!

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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