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update-manager package

Update-Manager Cannot Initialize the Package Information: New

Bug #117356 reported by Kyu on 2007-05-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #111688: "E: _cache->open() failed, please report" due to malformed repository - synaptic should not fall over.. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	update-manager (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Running the update manager/apt-get update gave me this:

Could not initialize the package information

A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing thekompany-support (NewVersion1)
E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/www.getautomatix.com_apt_dists_feisty_main_binary-i386_Packages
E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

The following is the content of my complete source.list file:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe
deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main

#AUTOMATIX REPOS START

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-updates universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty universe
#AUTOMATIX REPOS END

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Kyu (kyubok) wrote on 2007-05-28:

By the way, this is in Feisty Fawn.

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Richard Birnie (rbirnie-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2007-05-28:

qbok,

Automatix2 is a script that tries to install some software, and often fails and breaks systems. We don't provide support for it, and we strongly discourage its use. Sorry but we are unable to help in this instance.

regards,
Richard

Changed in update-manager:
status:	Unconfirmed → Rejected

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coderef3 (coderef3) wrote on 2007-05-28:

Richard,
Dont post nonsense if you dont know the answer.. (you really dont have to post you know.. )
The error in the package in question has been fixed.
Please do the following and the error will disappear:
sudo apt-get update

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Felipe Perucho (felipeperucho) wrote on 2007-05-28: Re: [Bug 117356] Re: Update-Manager Cannot Initialize the Package Information: New

Thank you!

Easy solution. :)

2007/5/28, Arnav Ghosh <email address hidden>:
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 111688 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111688
>
> Richard,
> Dont post nonsense if you dont know the answer.. (you really
> dont have to post you know.. )
> The error in the package in question has been fixed.
> Please do the following and the error will disappear:
> sudo apt-get update
>
> --
> Update-Manager Cannot Initialize the Package Information: New
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117356
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 111688).
>