updates fail
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
The GUI Updater fails repeatedley!
ran sudo apt-get update; screen parses lines then stops with this:
One error in listup:
Err http://
then:
Reading package lists... Error!
W: GPG error: http://
W: GPG error: http://
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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 need some help...
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 in 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/ *Packages
2.) sudo apt-get update
Thanks and good luck!