[SOLVED] Synaptic Package Manager will not work

crazee · 04-05-2013, 09:42 AM

Hello there,

I've run into a problem with Synaptic Package Manager with Mint 14. When I try and run the synpatic package manager I get the following and the it closes.

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fCA
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Can someone please help me with this? I cannot find a solution online.

evo2 · 04-06-2013, 06:07 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazee

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fCA
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Somehow that file seems to have become corrupted. You should be able to safely delete it to fix this problem. The file should be regenerated next time you run "apt-get update" (or the synaptic equivalent).

Evo2.

crazee · 04-10-2013, 12:09 PM

evo2

I cannot delete that particular file in question. I even tried changing the permissions on the file and was denied.

evo2 · 04-10-2013, 05:50 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazee

I cannot delete that particular file in question. I even tried changing the permissions on the file and was denied.

Hmm, can you show us the ownership and permissions? Eg the output of

Code:

ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists

Evo2.

crazee · 04-11-2013, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazee

evo2

I cannot delete that particular file in question. I even tried changing the permissions on the file and was denied.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 366 Mar 11 20:38 security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fCA

I've tried both command line and thru file system manager with the same result. Even did chmod 777 security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fCA and was denied

cortman · 04-11-2013, 01:50 PM

You must use sudo to delete it.

Code:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fCA

crazee · 04-11-2013, 02:49 PM

Thanks cortman and evo2. I managed to remove the file in question, however, when I run the command sudo apt-get update I get this at the end.

Fetched 771 kB in 6s (117 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

I guess it is something at the source, but I don't know who or where to report this.

evo2 · 04-11-2013, 06:19 PM

Déjà vu...

Did you read the error? I think you already know how to solve this.

Evo2.

cortman · 04-11-2013, 08:49 PM

Right. Remove that file as well.

angel115 · 05-01-2013, 12:02 PM

Hy Crazee,

did you try the following? (as root or with sudo):

Code:

rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

That should fix the issue.

Best regards,
Angel.

crazee · 05-05-2013, 08:17 AM

Thanks Angel. That fixed the issue I was having.

Quote:

Originally Posted by angel115

Hy Crazee,

did you try the following? (as root or with sudo):

Code:

rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

That should fix the issue.

Best regards,
Angel.