[Bug 919204] [NEW] Problems with the update manager/apt-get/synaptic in Ubuntu 11.10

Igor igor.497 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 20 13:52:59 UTC 2012 

Public bug reported:

Hello,

I have had a lot of troubles with the update manager lately (GPG errors,
...) and I can't fix them. I have searched related post and followed
their indications but nothing worked. I have followed the steps of this
manual
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure.
Here is the output:

igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
[sudo] password for igor:
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ uname -a
Linux igor-VirtualBox 3.0.0-14-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:34:47 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup

igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease [198 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease [198 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg [1577 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg [14 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Sources [5882 B]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Sources [1912 B]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Sources [14 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages [6405 B]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages [72 B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [70 B]
99% [11 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]                    217 B/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
99% [12 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]                    217 B/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources [1629 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources [68.1 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages [23.2 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages [3345 B]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages [73 B]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [70 B]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex [40.8 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release [40.8 kB]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Translation-en [14 B]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Translation-en [14 B]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Translation-en [5524 B]
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-backports_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-security_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease [198 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease [198 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages [70 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [70 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [23.7 kB]
17% [3 Packages bzip2 0 B] [6 TranslationIndex 3743 B/23.7 kB 15%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
17% [4 Packages bzip2 0 B] [6 TranslationIndex 3743 B/23.7 kB 15%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [14 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Sources [68.1 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources/DiffIndex [14 B]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex [23.2 kB]
62% [8 Sources bzip2 0 B] [10 Sources 3434 B/23.2 kB 14%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages [3345 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages [72 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [40.8 kB]
50% [12 Packages bzip2 0 B] [14 TranslationIndex 7892 B/40.8 kB 19%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex [40.8 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release [5882 B]
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-backports_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-security_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_Release - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: Unable to determine the file size - fstat (9: Bad file descriptor)
igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$

P.D. I'm not working behind a proxy.
P.D.2: I followed the advice of "Enrico "eNry" Carafa (mr.tennents)" see more: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/185182

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Problems with the update manager/apt-get/synaptic in Ubuntu 11.10

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello,

  I have had a lot of troubles with the update manager lately (GPG
  errors, ...) and I can't fix them. I have searched related post and
  followed their indications but nothing worked. I have followed the
  steps of this manual
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure.
  Here is the output:

  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
  [sudo] password for igor:
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ uname -a
  Linux igor-VirtualBox 3.0.0-14-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:34:47 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup

  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease [198 B]
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
  Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease [198 B]
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
  Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg [1577 B]
  Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg [14 B]
  Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Sources [5882 B]
  Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
  Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Sources [1912 B]
  Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Sources [14 B]
  Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages [6405 B]
  Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
  Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages [72 B]
  Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [70 B]
  99% [11 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]                    217 B/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
  99% [12 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]                    217 B/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
  Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
  Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources [1629 B]
  Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources [68.1 kB]
  Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages [14 B]
  Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages [23.2 kB]
  Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages [3345 B]
  Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages [73 B]
  Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
  Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [70 B]
  Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex [73 B]
  Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex [40.8 kB]
  Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release [40.8 kB]
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
  Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Translation-en [14 B]
  Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Translation-en [14 B]
  Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Translation-en [5524 B]
  W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-backports_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
  W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-security_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
  E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease [198 B]
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
  Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease [198 B]
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Sources/DiffIndex
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Sources/DiffIndex
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
  Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages [70 B]
  Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [70 B]
  Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
  Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [23.7 kB]
  17% [3 Packages bzip2 0 B] [6 TranslationIndex 3743 B/23.7 kB 15%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
  17% [4 Packages bzip2 0 B] [6 TranslationIndex 3743 B/23.7 kB 15%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
  Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [14 B]
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
  Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Sources [68.1 kB]
  Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources/DiffIndex [14 B]
  Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex [23.2 kB]
  62% [8 Sources bzip2 0 B] [10 Sources 3434 B/23.2 kB 14%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
  Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages [3345 B]
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
  Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages [72 B]
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
  Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex [73 B]
  Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [40.8 kB]
  50% [12 Packages bzip2 0 B] [14 TranslationIndex 7892 B/40.8 kB 19%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
  Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex [40.8 kB]
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
  Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release [5882 B]
  W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-backports_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
  W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-security_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
  E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_Release - open (2: No such file or directory)
  E: Unable to determine the file size - fstat (9: Bad file descriptor)
  igor at igor-VirtualBox:~$

  P.D. I'm not working behind a proxy.
  P.D.2: I followed the advice of "Enrico "eNry" Carafa (mr.tennents)" see more: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/185182

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