Submitted by northernarcher on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 23:31
Error: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Wed, 02/27/2019 - 23:31
On startup today Trisquel has a big red error icon in the system tray talking about the package manager having a serious problem. I tried to run updates but I get the error seen in the screenshot here. I've tried sudo apt-get clean but it did not change anything.
What should I do?
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Thu, 02/28/2019 - 00:42
#1
Execute that:
$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
Then, try again to update.
Thu, 02/28/2019 - 01:09
#2
grey@x60:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
[sudo] password for grey:
rm: cannot remove '/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory
grey@x60:~$
Thu, 02/28/2019 - 03:57
#3
I am a translator!
Try
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*