Ubuntu :: Error - E: The Package Lists Or Status File Could Not Be Parsed Or Opened.
Mar 19, 2010
Looks like my package manager was severely screwed. Any package manager-related command I try to run results in the following message in the console:
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E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Anything - aptitude, apt-get.
I removed all my sources.lists, I tried running apt-cache clean It didn't help. This is really serious. Not only am I unable to do anything with packages (update, remove, install), but the machine is really slow because of this.
E: Read error - read (0: Success) E: Problem closing the gzip file /var/lib/dpkg/status - close (0: Success) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I keep getting this messageCould not initialize the package informationAn unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, Eroblem with MergeList var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_bina ry-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
Reading package lists... Error! E: Problem parsing dependency Depends E: Error occurred while processing python-glade2 (NewVersion2) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I have Ubuntu 11.0 installed.It is giving following error during update:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, Eroblem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca_ubuntu_dists_natty_main _binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
This happened completely randomly. One day, my synaptic and update manager is working fine and the next day, I open one of them and get a error window that doesn't say anything (no details on the error). So, i tried the terminal, sudo apt-get update, and this message shows:
Reading package lists... Error! E: Problem parsing dependency Depends E: Error occurred while processing lib�tartup-notificamion0-dev (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_karmic_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I have not ran into this before. I did a new install of 10,04 and was adding programs. Then software center and Synaptic stopped working. error message said it was most likely due to unmet dependencies. I googled fixs which most all ran some sort of "apt-get" command. I can't run those because as soon as it gets to "Reading package lists", I get this error.Read error - read (5: Input/output error)The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened
This is a error with my ubuntu 10.4 when I try to update it. E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Limit. Current value: 25165824. (man 5 apt.conf) E: Error occurred while processing bomberclone (NewFileDesc2) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.offensive-security.com_dists_pwnsauce_universe_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. W: Duplicate sources.list entry Index of /ubuntu lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_b inary-i386_Packages) W: Unable to munmap
When I am opening the synaptic manager its showing the following error: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. So How can I open it?
This is the error I get when I try to update it: Code: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Fairly new install of 11.04, installed from CD I burned from ISO. It's been updating fine up to now but all of a sudden started giving these errors. This is from Terminal sudo apt-get update attempt:
Code: Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Plan of action?
When I do 'sudo apt-get update' I get Sources Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.cs.umn.edu_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_universe_bin ary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I have encounter this problem, one thing i had done is, increase the cache size. But still this problem occur. adibmobile@empatbelas:~$ sudo apt-get check Reading package lists.Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Limit. Current value: 8388608. (man 5 apt.conf).
E: Error occurred while processing libnotify0.4-cil (NewVersion1).
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists[URL].._ubuntu_dists_lucid_universe_ binary-i386_Packages.
W: Unable to munmap.
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I've been having issues with the omega.cert on Pidgin and tried to upgrade to 2.7.7 today. I clicked on the link from the Pidgin site to download the ppa package "pidgin-ppa_0.0.3_all.deb" and tried to open with GDebi Package Installer but it tells me it couldn't be opened because an unknown error occurred.
I'm running ubuntu 9.04 and was happy because I finally got the screen resolution to be a good size, but now I can't update anything or even upgrade ubuntu.The message I get is
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Could Not Initialize Package Information
An unresolvable problem occured while initializing the package information.Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
I've also had issues with installing new programs (specifically tried Boxee (64bit ver) and Last.fm Scrobbler), but was thinking these issues might be related to the updage-manager error.
i installed kernel 2.6.34 to fix my lid closing issue, and that went great. but now when i go to reinstall my broadcom i get this error. Code: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done bcmwl-kernel-source is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3) ... Removing old bcmwl-5.60.48.36+bdcom DKMS files...
it's the installation media or the ISO is broken because i have reburned / redownloaded the fedora14 multiple times with the same result. I even tried burning the disc on a different computer just to make sure the burner is still working. This is the error i am getting when the "Starting installation Process" dialog displayed.
"The file upstart-sysvint.0.65.9.fc14.i686.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package or corrupt media. Please verify your installation source" I remember fedora 13 and below i have to use nousb command or something similar to get fedora installed properly but not for fedora 14. It just pops up with the message above.
Error executing command >>command=C:Windowssysnativecdedit.exe /create/d Ubuntu/application bootsector >>retval=1 >>stderr=The boot configuration data store could not be opened The system cannot find the file specified >>stdout=
I remember seeing a thread a while back in which it was stated and a way given to defrag or compress the database that is read before any install is done (forgot the name of the database or where said files are located), but I was wondering if anyone remembers this or has the script that did the defraging available. It made the "reading database" portion of an install zip through rather quickly especially helpful if you have quite a bit installed.
Can you help me to install OpenCS PKCS on Ubuntu 10.10 with Firefox 3.6. I have smard card reader Gemplus
Here is error:
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dejansoftware@ubuntu:~$ pkcs11-tool --show-info Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: No such file or directory Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: No such file or directory Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: No such file or directory
when i try to use apt an error occurs: dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 27317 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string `3.0.4-50677_Debian_lenny': invalid character in revision number E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
i tried to :
1- replace the file status with status-old 2- replace it with all the backups located in /var/backups/
i have ubuntu karmic 9.10 and when i try to update anything or install anything the a very similar error occurs."(Reading database . . . 55%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error , aborting: files list file for package `com.palm.net.precoddr.fcoaster' contains empty filenameit repeats this message 3 times then gives up i believe.
I am writing some application in C, which will access a serial port device (RS232). My application is working good. But if any other application is already opened the port, I couldn't able to identify that. In windows VB program, while accessing comport through mscomm control, i am receiving an error as "Port Already Opened". But in Linux environment, through C program how can i get that? I am accessing comport 1 as follows
When I tried to upgrade my xubuntu 10.04 , I got this error
dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 2 package 'x11proto-core-dev': value for `status' field not allowed in this context E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)