Software index is broken on Ubuntu Solved

Software index is broken on Ubuntu Solved

Recently, I am going to install a software from Ubuntu Software Center. But, due to slow internet connection, download has not completed and package list has been broken. What a bad luck of me! I tried to download that software again from synaptic package manager but a message appear and said:

Software index is broken on Ubuntu

Software index is broken
This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file /etc/apt/sources.list and reload the software information with: sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install -f.

Software index is broken, application download failed and updates package-list can not open

I run sudo apt-get update at terminal. When it tries to read package lists an error occurred. Look at the last lines at the image above. Several error message showing there.

W: Envountered status field in a non-version description
E: Problem parsing dependency Replaces
E: Error occurred while processing gconf2-common (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with Mergelist /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

I fall in deep-thought. So, I shutdown computer and restart it. I run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install -f at terminal again. My ubuntu system fix-up its broken package list automatically.

Now I can install my preferred software from software center again. I am very happy to get all thing normal.

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