Comment 2 for bug 204192

Hi Michael,

I cannot remember exactly how I fixed my system but I did get apt to work
again. The drivers were from Brother.

Sarah

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Michael Nagel <email address hidden>
wrote:

> is this still an issue? could you please attach the complete output
> when trying to update?
>
> where did get the brother drivers from? if the driver installation did
> not succeed anyways, try to remove the "hl1430lpr" package and see if
> this at least fixes you apt system.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Update manager crashes/hangs on error
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204192
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>
> Status in "update-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I was attempting to install printer drivers from Brother. These drivers
> would not install.
>
> Now, every time I open the Update Manager (Ubuntu 7.10) I get the
> following:
>
> 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 hl1430lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an
> archive for it.'
>
> .
> Not sure what's wrong
>