package manager

Brian Cluff brian at snaptek.com
Wed Dec 18 22:12:59 MST 2013 

It doesn't matter what the file names are, it's what's inside that counts.

grep -ri medibuntu /etc/apt/

If the above spits out anything, you'll know what file to edit.

Brian

On 12/18/2013 09:51 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> Good plan. Unfortunately 'medibuntu' is not to be found
> in /etc/apt/sources.list.d . Further, when looked in /var/lib/apt/lists/
> some of the medibuntus I had deleted were back.
>
> bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ ls  /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep medibuntu
> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
> bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
> bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls
> dhor-myway-quantal.list
> dhor-myway-quantal.list.save
> google-talkplugin.list
> google-talkplugin.list.save
> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list
> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list.save
> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list
> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list.save
> libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list
> libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list.save
> local-repository.list
> local-repository.list.save
> otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list
> otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list.save
> team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list
> team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list.save
> bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls  /var/lib/apt/lists/
> |grep medibuntu
> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
>
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
>     Looks like you removed the package database that apt creates from a
>     package repository entry.  All you need to do to get rid of a
>     repository is to delete the config file for it out of the apt config
>     at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/<a___file_in_here.list> or to remove the
>     line from the config file at /etc/apt/sources.list.
>
>     After you've done that, just run "apt-get update" and it will clean
>     out all the repositories that don't exist anymore as well as update
>     all the ones that still do.
>
>     After that, symantic should start working again.
>
>     Brian
>
>
>     On 12/18/2013 02:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>         oops.... what am I doing wrong? I remove the files:
>
>         bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ ls  /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep medibuntu
>         packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_binary-i386___Packages
>         packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_i18n_Translation-__en
>         packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_i18n_Translation-__en%5fUS
>         packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_binary-i386___Packages
>         packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_i18n___Translation-en
>         packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_i18n___Translation-en%5fUS
>         bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd  /var/lib/apt/lists/
>         bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ sudo rm -rf *medibuntu*
>         bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ ls
>           /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep
>         medibuntu
>         bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ sudo synaptic
>
>         (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data:
>         assertion
>         `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>
>         (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer
>         instance
>
>         (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data:
>         assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
>
>         and synaptic opens, then ubuntu's update manager is run to
>         update the
>         system and it tells me:
>
>         Failed to fetch
>         http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/Release.gpg
>         <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/Release.gpg>
>            Something wicked happened resolving
>         'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>         - No address associated with hostname)
>         Failed to fetch
>         http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/binary-__i386/Packages
>         <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/binary-i386/Packages>
>            Something wicked happened resolving
>         'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>         - No address associated with hostname)
>         Failed to fetch
>         http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/binary-__i386/Packages
>         <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/binary-i386/Packages>
>           Something
>         wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 - No
>         address
>         associated with hostname)
>         Failed to fetch
>         http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/i18n/__Translation-en_US
>         <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/i18n/Translation-en_US>
>            Something wicked happened resolving
>         'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>         - No address associated with hostname)
>         Failed to fetch
>         http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/i18n/__Translation-en
>         <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/i18n/Translation-en>
>            Something wicked happened resolving
>         'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>         - No address associated with hostname)
>         Failed to fetch
>         http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/__Translation-en_US
>         <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US>
>            Something wicked happened resolving
>         'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>         - No address associated with hostname)
>         Failed to fetch
>         http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/__Translation-en
>         <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/Translation-en>
>            Something wicked happened resolving
>         'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>         - No address associated with hostname)
>         Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
>         old ones
>         used instead.
>
>            I then clicked update and now it says my system is up to date
>         but when
>         'refresh' is clicked I still get the medibuntu error?
>
>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>         On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Michael Havens
>         <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>              thanks
>
>              :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>              On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:34 PM, sean ritzler
>              <sean.a.ritzler at gmail.com <mailto:sean.a.ritzler at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:sean.a.ritzler at gmail.__com
>         <mailto:sean.a.ritzler at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>                  The medibuntu repo has been shut down. You'll want to
>         remove any
>                  mention of it from your list of repositories.
>
>                  On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Michael Havens
>                  <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>                   > I can't get my packaage managers to work. For
>         instance: I
>                  open synaptic and
>                   > after it loads an info window appears that says:
>                   >
>                   > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
>                   > E: Problem with MergeList
>                   >
>
>         /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.__medibuntu.org_dists_quantal___free_i18n_Translation-en
>                   > E: The package lists or status file could not be
>         parsed or
>                  opened.
>                   > E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>                   >
>                   > Please, how do I fix this?
>                   > :-)~MIKE~(-:
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