I had to do a grep on my LAN gateway/proxy IP or a bit of the URL it uses for login. That turned up the corrupted entries for me. My local gateway is 10.10.0.1 so: sudo grep -ri '10.10.' /var/lib/apt/lists
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Steven Avampato <avam...@hotmail.com>wrote: > The suggested fix: > > > sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf > > sudo apt-get clean > > sudo apt-get update > > sudo apt-get upgrade > > is not working for me. Is there another solution to get an updated > version of apt that doesn't have the problem? Or a list of files in the > /var/lib/apt/lists that are causing the bad version of apt to fail that > can be deleted? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (800438). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 > > Title: > [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a > section with no Package: header" > > Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in “apt” source package in Natty: > Fix Released > Status in “apt” package in Debian: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: adept-updater > > Pertinent data printed when attempting to run Updater as follows: > > An 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, E:Problem with > MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu > .com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The > package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' > > WORKAROUND: > Remove problematic files from /var/lib/apt/lists/ and rerun apt-get > update. > > In the event that one is connected to a network with a proxy server > that returns html pages (like a web page requesting you to login) and > not package list files. Those html files will get downloaded to > /var/lib/apt/lists/ and prevent someone from using a package manager > until the problem html pages are removed. > > TEST CASE: > 1) Ensure /etc/apt/sources.list points to archive.ubuntu.com > 2) Setup proxy server to block access to archive.ubuntu.com and return > something like http://people.canonical.com/~brian/tmp/not-packages.html > 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal > 4) Observe the following: > 'E: Encountered a section with no Package: header > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' > 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be sad that it doesn't work > 6) run 'sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages' to clear the error. > > With the proposed package installed repeat steps 1 to 3. > 4) Observe the following: > ''Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease [189 B] > Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease > E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease: The following > signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2' > 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be happy that it works > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
