Could not initialize the package information. An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
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/
Other details:
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Package info:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I expected update-manager to run normally and update my machine. Instead, I cannot access any of my package information files, and I cannot use apport to get any info about the package or the bug.
Try running this and see if it corrects the problem:
sudo rm /var/lib/ apt/lists/ us.archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty_ restricted_ binary- i386_Packages