[Bug 107753] Problem with Adept (or even apt)

[Jacques de Villiers]

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Adept says this:
The APT Database could not be opened! This may be caused by incorrect APT configuration or some similar problem. Try running apt-setup and apt-get update in terminal and see if it helps to resolve the problem.


I DID try running apt-get update, but when I try apt-setup, I get this: 
root at L000021597:~# apt-setup
bash: apt-setup: command not found


apt says this:
Hit http://za.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://za.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/multiverse Packages
Err http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release.gpg
  Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.88.31), connection timed out
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Fetched 7B in 2m24s (0B/s)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/Release.gpg  Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.88.31), connection timed out
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing apport-gtk (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

** Affects: adept (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Problem with Adept (or even apt)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107753