package manager

[Brian Cluff]

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
>   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 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>> 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>> 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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