[Bug 549350] Re: Update manager will not open

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[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Update manager will not open

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  When I goto System > Administration > Update manager 
  Nothing happens eg update manager dose not start. I can use Synaptic Package manager 

  chris at chris-desktop:~$ update-manager
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 53, in <module>
  parser = OptionParser()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/optparse.py", line 1198, in __init__
  self.set_usage(usage)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/optparse.py", line 1273, in set_usage
  self.usage = _("%prog [options]")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gettext.py", line 581, in gettext
  return dgettext(_current_domain, message)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gettext.py", line 545, in dgettext
  codeset=_localecodesets.get(domain))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gettext.py", line 493, in translation
  t = _translations.setdefault(key, class_(open(mofile, 'rb')))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gettext.py", line 180, in __init__
  self._parse(fp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gettext.py", line 273, in _parse
  magic = unpack('<I', buf[:4])[0]
  struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 4
  chris at chris-desktop:~$

  ******************
  chris at chris-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall update-manager python2.6
  [sudo] password for chris:
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Reading extended state information
  Initializing package states... Done
  The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  python2.6 update-manager
  0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0B/3,297kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
  Writing extended state information... Done
  (Reading database ... 173578 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace python2.6 2.6.4-0ubuntu3 (using .../python2.6_2.6.4-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement python2.6 ...
  Preparing to replace update-manager 1:0.126.9 (using .../update-manager_1%3a0.126.9_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement update-manager ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
  Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
  Setting up python2.6 (2.6.4-0ubuntu3) ...

  Setting up update-manager (1:0.126.9) ...

  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Reading extended state information
  Initializing package states... Done

  chris at chris-desktop:~$

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