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Old 09-01-2004   #1 (permalink)
linux_guy400
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Updating/Upgrading Knoppix

I tried running apt-get upgrade and here is the ouput:

root@pc-1:/home/sk# apt-get update
Err http://www.penguinppc.org ./ Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://people.debian.org sid/i386/ Packages
404 Not Found
Ign http://people.debian.org sid/i386/ Release
Ign http://www.penguinppc.org ./ Release
Err http://non-us.debian.org ./ Packages
404 Not Found
Ign http://non-us.debian.org ./ Release
Err http://www.penguinppc.org ./ Sources
404 Not Found
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Err http://people.debian.org sid/source/ Sources
404 Not Found
Ign http://people.debian.org sid/source/ Release
Hit http://people.debian.org ./ Packages
Ign http://people.debian.org ./ Release
Hit http://people.debian.org ./ Sources
Ign http://people.debian.org ./ Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Release
Ign http://www.penguinppc.org ./ Release
Err http://non-us.debian.org ./ Sources
404 Not Found
Ign http://non-us.debian.org ./ Release
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources [1218kB]
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/main Packages
Get:2 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/main Release
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/non-free Packages
Get:3 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/non-free Release
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/main Sources
Get:4 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/main Release
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/non-free Sources
Get:5 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/non-free Release
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de woody/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/main Packages
Get:6 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/main Release
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/non-free Packages
Get:7 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/non-free Release
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/main Sources
Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release [83B]
Get:9 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Sources [26.2kB]
Get:10 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release [86B]
Get:11 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Sources [24.6kB]
Get:12 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/main Release
Get:13 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Release [87B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release
Get:14 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages [3230kB]
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/non-free Sources
Get:15 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/non-free Release
Ign ftp://ftp.gwdg.de unstable/non-free Release
Get:16 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Release [82B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
Get:17 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Release [85B]
Get:18 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages [65.1kB]
Get:19 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free Release [86B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Get:20 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Sources [1282kB]
Get:21 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Release [84B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources
Get:22 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Release [87B]
Get:23 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources [25.9kB]
Get:24 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free Release [88B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Fetched 5872kB in 3m49s (25.6kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://non-us.debian.org/~kitame/mozilla/./Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://non-us.debian.org/~kitame/mozilla/./Sources 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://people.debian.org/~branden/pa.../i386/Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://people.debian.org/~branden/pa...source/Sources 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://www.penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/i386/./Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://www.penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/source/./Sources 404 Not Found
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_testing_main_bi nary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
root@pc-1:/home/sk# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_testing_main_bi nary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
root@pc-1:/home/sk# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_testing_main_bi nary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Please help, thank you.
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Thumbs down "E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened."

I am having the EXACT SAME PROBLEM (the error message at the bottom, "E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.") - CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP???

How can we fix this???

I am using Debian Sarge 3.1a x686 unstable/testing


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Quote:
Originally Posted by linux_guy400
I tried running apt-get upgrade and here is the ouput:

...

Failed to fetch http://non-us.debian.org/~kitame/mozilla/./Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://non-us.debian.org/~kitame/mozilla/./Sources 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://people.debian.org/~branden/packages/sid/i386/Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://people.debian.org/~branden/packages/sid/source/Sources 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://www.penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/i386/./Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://www.penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/source/./Sources 404 Not Found
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_testing_main_bi nary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
root@pc-1:/home/sk# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_testing_main_bi nary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
root@pc-1:/home/sk# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_testing_main_bi nary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Please help, thank you.
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