Update not possible

[Zweitaktmotor]

Hi,

While trying to look for the latest updates, I get the following error messages:


E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_import_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

It says "Please report", so here you are.

Nothing else broken, can live without the updates for now.

[xenopeek]

You can clean these files. Run the command:

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sudo rm -fv /var/lib/apt/lists/*

Then run the following to refresh them:

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sudo apt-get update

[Zweitaktmotor]

Many thanks, update went alright now, but still with a few error messages:

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Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/mirror.rts-informatique.fr_linuxmint_debian_incoming_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages  Hash Sum mismatch
Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/mirror.rts-informatique.fr_linuxmint_debian_incoming_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages  Hash Sum mismatch
Failed to fetch http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming/security/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 37.59.37.195 80]
Failed to fetch http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming/security/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 37.59.37.195 80]
Failed to fetch http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming/security/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 37.59.37.195 80]
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


[xenopeek]

Weird, it is looking for a file called "Packages" but that mirror only has "Packages.gz" and "Packages.bz2". See: http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming/security/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/. I'm not sure if that is incorrect though. The first two errors probably relate to the last three? Because it can't find the index files, it's trying to use the old ones--which my command deleted (with the idea it would refresh them, but now it can't find them on your mirror ).

[Zweitaktmotor]

Ooops. Sorry to have wasted your time.