preparing to replace chromium-browser , when i got an error
mintUpdate halted, unable to upgrade
still showed 4 packages to upgrade, listed them
i closed it
mintUpdate icon showed a red X, "could not refresh the list of packages" on mouseover
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sudo apt-get update
Fetched 12.2kB in 24s (506B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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sudo dpkg -l
dpkg-query: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 34235:
invalid package name (
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kdesudo kate /var/lib/dpkg/status
F11 to show line numbers
lines 34235 - 34248 show;
Package: lamå
Status: install ok installed
Pòiority: optional
Section: sound
Installed-Size: 260
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Version: 3.98.4-0uâuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libmp3lame0, libîcurses5 (>= 5.7«20100313)
Description: An MP3 encoding library (frontend)
LAME (LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is a research project for learning ábout and
improving MP3 encoding technology. LAME includes an MP3 encoding library, a
simple frontend applicatéon, and other tools for sound analysis, as well as
convenience tools.
followed the post of seeker5528, June 4th, 2010, 05:41 PM
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cd /var/lib/dpkg
ls status*
sudo mv status status-BAD
sudo cp status-old status
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ls status*
status status-BAD statusBAK status-old
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sudo apt-get update
Fetched 12.2kB in 15s (797B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
apt-get found 4 packages to upgrade, y to upgrade, upgrade completed
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Fetched 12.2kB in 17s (680B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
FYI; my sources.list
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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-updates main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick multiverse
mintUpdate icon still showed a red X, "could not refresh the list of packages" on mouseover
mintUpdate icon, right-click, left-click Refresh, icon went blank
mintUpdate icon showing a green checkmark, "your system is up to date" on mouseover
mintUpdate icon, left-click, Refresh, "your system is up to date"
