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81golfcaddy

mint 11 update woes

Post by 81golfcaddy »

each day when I come in from work I notice that the update shield in the bottom right corner has a issue. so I click on it and it downloads a few things and gives me this error
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_katya_import_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
so I type in this (sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf) and the update works but the same thing happens each day. hmmm.
ausmuso

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by ausmuso »

Hi 81golfcaddy,
You omitted to say which Mint version you were referring to.
Are you talking about Debian based Mint LMDE 201101 or one of the Ubuntu-based versions?
81golfcaddy

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by 81golfcaddy »

release 11 katya kernel linux 2.6.38-8 Generic Gnome 2.32.1
sorry thought there was ubuntu based only. hope this is what you need
mchojrin

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by mchojrin »

Hi:

I'm having a similar issue. My mintupdate shows the following message:

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ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/partner/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/restricted/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
I just upgraded from Mint 10 to 11 using mintbackup to restore my old configuration. Everything seems to be working fine, except for this. Thanks.
karashata

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by karashata »

mchojrin wrote:Hi:

I'm having a similar issue. My mintupdate shows the following message:

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ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/partner/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/restricted/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
I just upgraded from Mint 10 to 11 using mintbackup to restore my old configuration. Everything seems to be working fine, except for this. Thanks.
You'll need to change your sources.list to point to Natty rather than Katya for the Ubuntu repos. To do so, run 'gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list' (without quotes) from the GNOME run dialog (Alt+F2) and change every instance of "katya" after an ubuntu link with "natty" (again, without quotes).

In the end, they should look like this:

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deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free
81golfcaddy

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by 81golfcaddy »

no luck.
mchojrin

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by mchojrin »

It worked just fine for me. Thanks!
GiggleGut

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by GiggleGut »

karashata wrote:
mchojrin wrote:Hi:

I'm having a similar issue. My mintupdate shows the following message:

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ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/partner/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/katya/restricted/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
I just upgraded from Mint 10 to 11 using mintbackup to restore my old configuration. Everything seems to be working fine, except for this. Thanks.
You'll need to change your sources.list to point to Natty rather than Katya for the Ubuntu repos. To do so, run 'gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list' (without quotes) from the GNOME run dialog (Alt+F2) and change every instance of "katya" after an ubuntu link with "natty" (again, without quotes).

In the end, they should look like this:

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deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free

I've done this and copied and pasted the bottom code and I still get the same error. It worked about a week ago. I'm also using Mint 11.
karashata

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by karashata »

Do you think you could possibly paste the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file here so we can look at them then? I'm somewhat stumped as to why that would be happening if the entries have been properly corrected...
HorrorCode

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by HorrorCode »

I have pretty much the same problem, every time I add a new repo I have to change it from katya to natty, heres my sources.list

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ katya main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted universe mu$
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted universe $
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free

# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed apps
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed games
the first entry if obviously the mint repo, but this is out of my league so I'm all ears?
PingusDB

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by PingusDB »

Same issue here:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ katya main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free

#deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed apps
#deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed games

And still get the error:
ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR###ERROR
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_partner_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
katyakatya

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by katyakatya »

Hi, my source.list file looks like this
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ natty main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free

# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed apps
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed games
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free

# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed apps
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed games
#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
my this configuration looks like this cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11
DISTRIB_CODENAME=katya
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 11 Katya"
My local-repository.list looks like this
deb file:///usr/share/local-repository binary/
And I still has same error as mentioned above and not able to update my system either through command line or through synaptic manager
hi_ankit

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by hi_ankit »

delete all files under "var/lib/apt/lists" then
goto terminal write
"sudo apt-get update" (without quotes)
get new package files.. now after open software package.. enjoy..
proxima_centauri

Re: mint 11 update woes

Post by proxima_centauri »

Don't resurrect old threads please.
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