Tim, That fixed the problem. After running these, I did get an error message about a "locks' file permission. However, it did not prevent me from successfully running the update. Thanks for all the help.
John On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > Run these: > > sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-tmp > > then... > > sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status > > Then try the 'sudo apt-get update' > --- > Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905377 > > Title: > Update Manager suggested sending in bug report -"Could not initialize > the package information" > > Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > An 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:Malformed > 1st word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while processing amarok- > common (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, > E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' > > Ubuntu release > ~$ lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 10.10 > Release: 10.10 > > Package version > ~$ apt-cache policy package-manager > Segmentation fault > > Ubuntu - bug didn't work; gave further error > Could not open location 'file:///home/john/ubunter%20-bug' > error stating file '/home/john/ubuntu - > bug': No such file or directory > > Hope this helps someone; it's all bits to me. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/905377/+subscriptions > -- John Mangan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905377 Title: Update Manager suggested sending in bug report -"Could not initialize the package information" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/905377/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
