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Author: sean ritzler
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: package manager
What about inside the file /etc/apt/sources.list?
On Dec 18, 2013 9:52 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@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@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
> bmike1@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@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 <> 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@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 <
>>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     thanks

>>>
>>>     :-)~MIKE~(-:

>>>
>>>
>>>     On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:34 PM, sean ritzler
>>>     < <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
>>>         < <mailto:bmike1@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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