Update Manager closes after reporting the following under ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
Had to copy and paste the above text from the alert dialog as closing the dialog also closes update-manager, preventing me from registering a bug direct from that application.
The following alert also displays when using the shell to do a "sudo apt-get update" command:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
So the bug is pervasive and does not just impact on the update-manager GUI.
Update Manager closes after reporting the following under ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/ apt/lists/ au.archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty_ main_binary- i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
Had to copy and paste the above text from the alert dialog as closing the dialog also closes update-manager, preventing me from registering a bug direct from that application.
The following alert also displays when using the shell to do a "sudo apt-get update" command: apt/lists/ au.archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty_ main_binary- i386_Packages
Reading package lists... Error!
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.
So the bug is pervasive and does not just impact on the update-manager GUI.