update-manager unresolvable problem 'Could not initialize the package information' (libqtcore4:i386)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I was running update-manager when my system crashed mid-way through the process. On restarting, I tried to get the update to complete but am now getting the following message from update-manager:
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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:The package libqtcore4:i386 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.'
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I've also tried this:
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ciaran@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install libqtcore4
[sudo] password for ciaran:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package libqtcore4:i386 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
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I am pretty much a complete newcomer to Ubuntu. I've tried a bunch of other processes but they all give similar error messages. Would expect update-manager to complete the last updating process, but it isn't loading up correctly any more (just giving the above-detailed error message) so I can't access it.
Release info
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ciaran@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Package info
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libqtcore4:
Installed: 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4
Candidate: 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4
Version table:
*** 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4 0
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
4:
500 http://
Eventually found a way around this - the key was:
apt-get install --reinstall libgl1- mesa-glx: amd64 libgl1- mesa-glx: i386