[SOLVED] Package Manager Errors

[lfever]

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I am running Feisty Fawn and was doing some package downloads and installing. I don't remember just what it was that I was installing. Now the package manager as well as apt-get won't work. They both give me error messages.

apt-get update returns the following:

Get:1 Index of / feisty Release.gpg [191B]
Ign Index of / feisty/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 Index of / feisty-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign Index of / feisty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign Index of / feisty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign Index of / feisty/universe Translation-en_US
Get:3 Index of / feisty-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign Index of / feisty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign Index of / feisty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign Index of / feisty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign Index of / feisty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Get:4 Index of / feisty-security Release [50.9kB]
Get:5 Index of / feisty Release [57.2kB]
Get:6 Index of / feisty-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign Index of / feisty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign Index of / feisty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign Index of / feisty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Get:7 Index of / feisty-updates Release [32.4kB]
Get:8 Index of / feisty-updates Release [32.4kB]
Get:9 Index of / feisty-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:10 Index of / feisty/main Packages [1007kB]
Get:11 Index of / feisty-updates/main Packages [59.1kB]
Get:12 Index of / feisty-updates/universe Packages [8543B]
Get:13 Index of / feisty-security/main Packages [79.7kB]
Get:14 Index of / feisty-security/restricted Packages [6360B]
Get:15 Index of / feisty-security/main Sources [14.2kB]
Get:16 Index of / feisty/restricted Packages [7628B]
Get:17 Index of / feisty/main Sources [293kB]
Get:18 Index of / feisty-security/restricted Sources [953B]
Get:19 Index of / feisty-security/universe Packages [35.8kB]
Get:20 Index of / feisty-security/universe Sources [4866B]
Get:21 Index of / feisty/restricted Sources [1710B]
Get:22 Index of / feisty/universe Packages [3754kB]
Get:23 Index of / feisty/universe Sources [1131kB]
Get:24 Index of / feisty-updates/main Packages [59.1kB]
Get:25 Index of / feisty-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:26 Index of / feisty-updates/main Sources [19.5kB]
Get:27 Index of / feisty-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
Fetched 6657kB in 9m41s (11.5kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
W: Encountered status field in a non-version description
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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Update Manager returns:

Could not initialize the package information

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:Encountered status field in a non-version description, E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
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Synaptic Package Manager returns:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
W: Encountered status field in a non-version description
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dpkg -l returns:

dpkg-query: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 14670 package `libscim8c2a':
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any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
lfever

[devils casper]

Post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list file here.

[lfever]

Hi devils_casper,
Here is the list:

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb Index of /ubuntu feisty main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-updates restricted main universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-security universe

lfever

[devils casper]

Sources.list is correct. Open Terminal and execute this

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update

[lfever]

Still getting errors

Reading package lists... Error!
W: Encountered status field in a non-version description
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or

[lfever]

Success at last.
I replaced the dpkg status file with the status-old file and all is well.

Thanks for your help
lfever

[devils casper]

Well Done ! Thanx for telling us solution.

[ProsperAlbert]

I am an enthusiastic new user of Linux (Ubuntu Feisty) and I started just one week ago.
I downloaded with success several graphic programs via the package manager Synaptic.
I don't know what was going wrong but presently I cannot use Synaptic anymore.
When I run it I get following message :

E: line 46 bad formed in the sources list /etc/apt/sources.list (analysis of distributions)
E: the sources list cannot be read
You can try to fix the problem by opening the deposits window.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Can someone help me ?
Please give me full explanations because I am not yet familiar with the Linux jargon.

Thank you very much.
PA

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Something is wrong in your sources.list file. Post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list file here.

[ProsperAlbert]

This is the content of /etc/apt/sources.list :

See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Release i386 (20070415)]/ feisty main restricted
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb Index of /ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu feisty-security multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/feisty main

Can this help you solving my problem ?
Thank you
PA