Niloc Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Whenever I do 'apt-get' update I get the response ' The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' I am using Ubuntu 9.04. How do I fix this? Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimite Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I am by no means an Ubuntu ex-spurt, but on this Ubuntu forum I saw this suggested for a similar problem sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgradeThis link may also give some clues http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1183932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niloc Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 I am by no means an Ubuntu ex-spurt, but on this Ubuntu forum I saw this suggested for a similar problemsudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgradeThis link may also give some clues http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1183932 Now I get : colin@colin-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.in.th_osarchive_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_universe_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Looks like the update file is corrupted... Maybe I could delete it and it will be rebuilt!! Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimite Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I am by no means an Ubuntu ex-spurt, but on this Ubuntu forum I saw this suggested for a similar problemsudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgradeThis link may also give some clues http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1183932 Now I get : colin@colin-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.in.th_osarchive_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_universe_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Looks like the update file is corrupted... Maybe I could delete it and it will be rebuilt!! Colin Now your getting way beyond my limited knowledge. The sources list is a text file of the web addresses of where packages are found. I do not think it would be rebuilt if delted, and I am not sure if there is a default list stored anywhere. Maybe an upgrade to the new 9.10 Karmic may be the answwer, as I knwo some of the sources have changed and this upgrade does create a new sources list On the second link I sent you there is a sample list of the Haunty sources list. lines starting the a # are comments. This may help view and correct any errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 The mirror site could be in an rsync and packages are out of whack. Give it a few hours and try again after it gets its update completed. Or if you can switch to another repo temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgy88 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Colin, I've been having problems with the Thailand servers, and ended up giving up on them about a week ago after wasting a good couple of hours trying to update to the new version 9.10 with no luck. I was able to update using the Singapore server, ubuntu.oss.eznetsols.org, with no problems and am continuing to use them. If you are connecting to one of the Thailand download servers, maybe try another one in another country. I'll occasionally let ubuntu do a "Select Best Servers" search for me, and it usually ends up in Singapore, Hong Kong, or Taiwan. Go to System>Administration>Software Sources and click Other in the download from list. Higgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 ^ I agree, the Thai servers are crap. Servers in Japan work best for me, especially JAIST. Blistering speed compared to all others I've tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 The mirror site could be in an rsync and packages are out of whack. The mirror in.th is not complete. Some files / packages are missing. You can grab most of the stuff off there because its fast, then switch to a different mirror elsewhere to get whatever else you need. Very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shriah Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Change to a different update server. You do it in Synaptic-> Repositories . Change source to a US server they are much better but can be slow at times . Thai servers are improper mirrors and most of the times doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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