topic title: apt-get update failed (SOLVED)
Posts: 107
brian
Joined: 10 Sep 2011
#1
Hi everyone,
(and welcome back anticapitalista!)

When I did the usual update this morning I got this error:

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Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/www.daveserver.info_antiX_debs_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Any help appreciated!

brian
Last edited by brian on 05 Nov 2013, 09:11, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 325
male
Joined: 04 Nov 2011
#2
various.list

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# opera
#deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free

#aptosid
deb http://oscar.aptosid.com/debian/ sid main

# liquorix kernels
#deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main

# latest (beta) iceweasel (use for Testing or Sid)
#deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental iceweasel-beta
# latest (beta) iceweasel (use for Wheezy)
#deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-beta 

# MATE
#deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian wheezy main
antix.list

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# antiX
deb http://www.daveserver.info/antiX/debs testing main
debian.list

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# Note:For maximum stability, the stable/wheezy repos are set as default.
# Wheezy is the new stable release and will only recieve security 
# updates, while Testing will be 'rolling'.

# Debian Stable
# Enabled for maximum stability.
#deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free 
#deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free 
#deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free 

# Debian Testing. 
# Enable for 'rolling' release.
deb http://ftp.cz.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free 
#deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

# Multimedia Stable and Testing
# Use to install libdvdcss2 and codecs.
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org testing main non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free

###### Debian Unstable/Sid##########
###### Use at your own risk! ########
#deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org unstable main non-free

###### Debian Experimental##########
###### Use at your own risk! ########
#deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#3
If your dave repo link matches male. Daves server sometimes goes down due
to bad spots in the Universe sometimes so you might try it again later.
Posts: 107
brian
Joined: 10 Sep 2011
#4
Hi guys,
it looks like maybe there's just a"bad spot" going on at the moment. I'll wait a while longer and see if things change.


brian
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#5
I just did a wheezy update && dist-upgrade on my netbook this morning here. I ran into

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Ign http://www.daveserver.info testing/main Translation-en_US         
Ign http://www.daveserver.info testing/main Translation-en            
Ign http://mozilla.debian.net wheezy-backports/iceweasel-beta Translation-en_US
Ign http://mozilla.debian.net wheezy-backports/iceweasel-beta Translation-en
Fetched 1 B in 5s (0 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/www.daveserver.info_antiX_debs_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
So now This bad spot in the Universe gas changed (different error than yours) for me . I am gonna wait to see what Dave says is happening here.

__{{emoticon}}__

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inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: / etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
           deb http://www.daveserver.info/antiX/debs testing main
           Active apt sources in file: / etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
           deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
           deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt sources in file: / etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
           deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main
           deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-beta
           deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all
$ inxi -w
Weather:   Conditions: 52 F (11 C) - Overcast Time: October 18, 7:58 AM MDT
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Dave
Joined: 20 Jan 2010
#6
We are working on enabling a new repository setup to better work with the debs / antix versions and be more compliant with how debian is servicing its users through their repository. I was hoping we could easilly migrate by redirecting the old url for the old testing repository to the new testing repository. Eventually the current testing repos will migrate down to a stable repo. We are hoping to easy the transition by not needing to make people play with their sources.list. I have changed the redirect to point back to the old repo for now so that the errors here should not be experienced.
Posts: 107
brian
Joined: 10 Sep 2011
#7
I still have the problem I originally posted. No updates possible here. __{{emoticon}}__

brian
Posts: 765
rust collector
Joined: 27 Dec 2011
#8
Strange, it works fine over here.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#9
brian - you could try what is suggested at the end of this thread.


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may be better?

Google also gives some similar suggestions
Posts: 107
brian
Joined: 10 Sep 2011
#10
anticapitalista wrote:brian - you could try what is suggested at the end of this thread.


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/apt-get-problem-problem-parsing-dependency-depends-906264/"
linktext was:"http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ds-906264/"
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========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=365032"
linktext was:"http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=365032"
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may be better?

Google also gives some similar suggestions
Thanks anticapitalista! I was away for about 10 days from this pc, but I checked the link you provided (linuxquestions.org) and the last post gave what I needed. (I just needed to do a"sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* --force" and then update the packages.)

Thanks!

brian