Linux Mint 17 synoptic package manager crashes ...

[Stephen Partington]

so do you have a 32 bit google chrome installed?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/724093/no-more-updates-for-google-chrome-apt-get-update-error

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:52 AM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:

> Found partial solution to the problem I just reported here:
> https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=184248
>
> > When I try to open the Linux Mint 17 synaptic
> > package manager, it displays the error messages
> > shown below, and when I close that error message
> > pop-up, synaptic closes.
> >
> > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> > E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome ...
> > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> > E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>
> After doing the suggested steps, synaptic started working
> however, I am still getting the following error message
> when I try to Refresh the update manager:
>
> Could not download all repository indexes
>
> The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted
> because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed
> index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your
> network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences
> is correct.
>
> There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
> 1397BC53640DB551There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
> 1397BC53640DB551Failed to fetch
> http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release  Unable to
> find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong
> sources.list entry or malformed file)
> Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones
> used instead.
>
> Furthermore, the top window in the synaptic "Update Manager" (as shown in
> the screen shot link below) has shrunk in size to the point that it is
> impossible to see any more than 1 item listed there and I cannot find any
> way to resize that top window.
>
> http://upquick.com/temp/synaptic1.jpg
>
> What can I do to fix both of these problems?
>
>
>
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