Comment 9 for bug 282572

ehm how do i uninstall when the apt is broken?? i go
system-adminstration-synaptic and get this:
E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Der skete en fejl under behandlingen af btnx (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/repoubuntusoftware.info_dists_harty_all_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Chris Coulson <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 283541 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283541
>
> Raul - It seems that Ultamatix are providing a broken package list,
> which causes apt to fail, and you aren't the only person with this
> problem. It seems that we are keeping a bug report open against apt, so
> I'm marking this as a duplicate of it.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 283541
> failed to initialise when repositories have broken information
>
> --
> update manager
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282572
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 283541).
>
> Status in "update-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
>
> Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the
> following error message:
>
> 'W:Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.comhardy-security/multiverse Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages),
> E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing btnx
> (NewVersion1), E:Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/repoubuntusoftware.info_dists_harty_all_binary-i386_Packages,
> E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
>