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@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@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd /var/lib/apt/lists/
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/lib/apt/lists$ sudo rm -rf *medibuntu*
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/lib/apt/lists$ ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep
medibuntu
bmike1@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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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@gmail.com<sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com <mailto:sean.a.ritzler@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@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:<mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
> 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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