[Bug 807497] Re: Update Manager not starting

[akash]

I get this error message when I run that command :
akash at akash-laptop:~/Desktop$ apport-collect 807497
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 368, in <module>
    app.run_argv()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 555, in
run_argv
    return self.run_update_report()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 455, in
run_update_report
    apport.packaging.get_version(p)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 71,
in get_version
    pkg = self._apt_pkg(package)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 64,
in _apt_pkg
    return self._cache()[package]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 52,
in _cache
    self._apt_cache = apt.Cache(apt.progress.base.OpProgress())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 86, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 123, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such
file or directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed
or opened.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Paolo Rotolo
<807497 at bugs.launchpad.net>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
> better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically
> gather debugging information, in a terminal:
> apport-collect 807497
> When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug'
> and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this
> functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
>  Update Manager not starting
>
> 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:
>
>  'E:Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or
>  directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
>  opened.'
>
>  Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
>
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Title:
  Update Manager not starting

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:

  'E:Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or
  directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
  opened.'

  Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid

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