Richard, I'm just running standard Ubuntu.
I've attached a copy of my dpkg.log which doesn't apear to be overwritten. The last entry is the install of vmware-server I can't install or even do 'apt-cache search packagename' without getting an error (with the commercial repository enabled).: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_feisty-commercial_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. After removing the commercial repositories (and updating the package lists), I was able to install packages successfully. I've just added the commercial repository and removed and installed vmware-server again, without any reported errors. Finally, I've installed a non-commercial package with the commercial repository enabled, again without problems. So, I'm fairly confident that now I'll be able to get updates again. Perhaps it was just bad luck? Thanks for your help. On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 09:24 +0000, Richard Birnie wrote: > James, > > thanks for responding. Just so we're clear, we are talking Ubuntu and > not Kubuntu or Xubuntu here yes? I can't imagine that adding the > commercial repositories should cause any problems unless you were > unlucky and there was a problem with the server that day. It might be > something wrong with the actual package. Attaching /var/log/dpkg.log > wouldn't hurt if it hasn't been overwritten. If you have the time there > are a few things you could try. > > 1) If dpkg.log has been overwritten then try installing the package from the > commandline with 'sudo apt-get install packagename' and paste the output here. > 2) Can you still install packages from the other repositories OK? If not what > happens if you remove the commercial repositories and try again? > 3) Can you install other packages from the commercial repository successfully? > > Richard > -- could not install updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113188 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
