[ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

[Dianne Reuby]

Still have this problem, so I'm getting no updates, and can't run
software centre. 

apt-get install gives:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with
MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Anything else I can try?
Thanks!
Dianne

On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 18:53 +0000, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> I get the same error msg in terminal with those commands :(
> 
> I do have problems with this installation - frequent crashes when the
> screen goes to text-only, several times a day. Probably my oldish
> hardware, as the same problem doesn't seem to be happening on my laptop
> which is much more modern. (At least, the person using it hasn't
> complained!)
> 
> Dianne
> 
> On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 17:01 +0000, Dave Morley wrote:
> > On 30/10/12 16:55, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > > I got this message from update-manager: == Please report this bug
> > > for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following
> > > error message:
> > > 
> > > 'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while
> > > processing libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2), E:Problem with
> > > MergeList 
> > > /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise- 
> > > security_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status
> > > file could not be parsed or opened.' ==
> > > 
> > > System:
> > > 
> > > Release 12.04 (precise) 32-bit Kernel Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae 
> > > GNOME 3.4.2 Intel® Celeron(R) D CPU 3.33GHz
> > > 
> > > I've posted a bug as instructed, but meanwhile can I do anything to
> > > get my update-manager working? This was a clean install about two
> > > months ago, not an upgrade, and I had updates yesterday which
> > > installed OK.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, Dianne
> > > 
> > > 
> > Open a terminal.  Do "sudo apt-get install -f && sudo apt-get
> > auto-clear && sudo apt-get update"
> > 
> > Then try update manager again and see what happens.
> > 
> > The first command is the standard force anything that didn't install
> > to install, the second clears the apt cache, the third builds a new cache.
> > 
> > Hopefully that will resolve and issue and get you up and running again.
> > 
> 
>