"The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened"
Bug #1008105 reported by
Adam Carter
This bug affects 1 person
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
Hi,
My Task bar at the top has a stop sign. An error keeps occurring.
E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I am running U12.04 5.2.2
I am attempting to Update My Software
The program loads what needs to be updated (currently 165 packages) however when I click on Install Updates it fails with the above error code.
And it has requested that I inform a member of the development team. So I am.
Hope this helps you guys :-)
All the best,
Adam Carter
description: | updated |
affects: | ubuntu → apt (Ubuntu) |
affects: | apt (Ubuntu) → update-manager (Ubuntu) |
summary: |
- Update Manager + "The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened" |
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`apt` needs to be more robust against this kind of breakage. A 3rd party repo today updated a file which had a broken Depends field, and that broke update-manager from being usable, and synaptic from getting beyond the initial loading - it refused to work.
``` corlib4. 0-cil libmono- system- data-datasetext ensions4. 0-cil apt/lists/ dist.keybase. io_linux_ deb_repo_ dists_stable_ main_binary- amd64_Packages
john@joran ~/code/UnrealEngine ±:promoted❯ sudo apt install build-essential mono-gmcs mono-xbuild mono-dmcs libmono-
[sudo] password for john:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing keybase (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
```
To link the issue with the upstream that caused it https:/ /github. com/keybase/ client/ issues/ 2129