<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.6.6"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Wed, 2015-06-17 at 12:47 +0200, Liam Proven wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On 16 June 2015 at 14:04, Chas IRONS <<A HREF="mailto:ironscf@telkomsa.net">ironscf@telkomsa.net</A>> wrote: </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <BLOCKQUOTE> Hi all Software updater won't start when there are updates available. I did click the Report button without any response. Then I get this error on starting Synaptic Package Manager as instructed in the Notifications bar. E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en (1) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. Also ran apt-get with this result: <A HREF="mailto:chas@Charles-PC">chas@Charles-PC</A>:~$ sudo apt-get check [sudo] password for chas: Reading package lists... Error! E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en (1) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Hope someone can guide me to fix this. </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Try this. [1] Clear the APT cache, [2] do the update from the shell, [3] reboot, and I bet it'll be all fine. </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> [1] </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> sudo apt-get clean </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> sudo apt-get autoclean </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> sudo apt-get autoremove </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> If that works, try </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> [2] </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> sudo apt-get update </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Whether that works or not: </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> [3] </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> sudo touch /forcefsck </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> sudo shutdown -r now </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> ... which will reboot. Afterwards I'm betting it'll be fine. </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> -- </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Liam Proven • Profile: <A HREF="http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile">http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile</A> Email: <A HREF="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</A> • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: <A HREF="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</A> • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) </BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks Liam for your detailed advice. That is easy to do so I have saved it. Before your reply arrived my HP printer gave trouble ; rejecting jobs, communication error. Don't know why. The HPLIP troubleshooter showed lots of details and missing dependencies; then it started apt-get and fixed them. That has cleared the Software Updater error and the printer has revived with a fresh black cartridge. Incidentally the HP650 cartridge shows less than a quarter of ink available. Thanks again for your expertise. </BODY> </HTML>