[ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

[Colin Law]

On 11 November 2012 21:28, Dianne Reuby <pramclub at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 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?

Google suggests this which looks like a good bet
http://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-error-when-trying-to-do-an-update

Colin

> 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.
>> >
>>
>>
>
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