Synaptic Package Manager error occurred

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

Please post full Terminal output here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/239354

What is the output of :

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Which is the command given in yyour own initial question?

Thanks

Unexpectedly the problem has gone and Synaptic Package Manager is once again accessible on this machine
There is no output from sudo dpkg --configure -a.

mond@eME732:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'eME732':

You have 2659 packages (100.0%) that can not/no longer be downloaded
You have 1 packages (0.0%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
mond@eME732:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for mond:
mond@eME732:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
mond@eME732:~$ echo $http_proxy

mond@eME732:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

mond@eME732:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
mond@eME732:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
mond@eME732:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
mond@eME732:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
mond@eME732:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10"
mond@eME732:~$ uname -a
Linux eME732 3.5.0-43-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 17:33:43 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
mond@eME732:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
mond@eME732:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
mond@eME732:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.back
mond@eME732:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
mond@eME732:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mond@eME732:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
mond@eME732:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
mond@eME732:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
mond@eME732:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
mond@eME732:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
mond@eME732:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
mond@eME732:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
mond@eME732:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
mond@eME732:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mond@eME732:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mond@eME732:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:2 http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:5 http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release [11.9 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:8 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release [49.6 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release [5922 B]
Get:11 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1349 B]
Get:12 http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages [3779 B]
Get:13 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1349 B]
Get:14 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Sources [2656 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages [4537 B]
Get:17 http://www.duinsoft.nl debs Release.gpg [490 B]
Get:18 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1240 B]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:20 http://www.duinsoft.nl debs Release [7951 B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources [872 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
Get:22 http://www.duinsoft.nl debs/all i386 Packages [1435 B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://www.duinsoft.nl debs/all Translation-en
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Sources [166 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Sources [5522 kB]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages [1136 kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages [133 kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages [5285 kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en [660 kB]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en [100 kB]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en [3648 kB]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Sources [122 kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Sources [4806 B]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Sources [93.5 kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main i386 Packages [309 kB]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [12.1 kB]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages [209 kB]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en [153 kB]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en [6763 B]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en [109 kB]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Sources [64.2 kB]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Sources [1171 B]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Sources [22.1 kB]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages [181 kB]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1726 B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages [64.8 kB]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en [92.9 kB]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en [902 B]
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en [39.3 kB]
Fetched 19.2 MB in 19s (984 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable to find expected entry 'non-free/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
mond@eME732:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
mond@eME732:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
mond@eME732:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
mond@eME732:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
mond@eME732:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://www.duinsoft.nl debs Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release
Hit http://www.duinsoft.nl debs Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://www.duinsoft.nl debs/all i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://www.duinsoft.nl debs/all Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable to find expected entry 'non-free/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
mond@eME732:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-quantal.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu quantal main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java-quantal.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu quantal main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/tualatrix-ppa-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-mozilla-daily-ppa-quantal.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu quantal main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/bzr-explorer-dev-ppa-quantal.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bzr-explorer-dev/ppa/ubuntu quantal main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bzr-explorer-dev/ppa/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)]/ oneiric main restricted
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main multiverse
     6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main multiverse
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main multiverse
    11 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main multiverse
    12
    13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    18 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    20
    21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25 ## security team.
    26
    27 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    28 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    29 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    30 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    31 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    32
    33 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main multiverse
    34 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main multiverse
    35 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    36 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    37
    38 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    39 ## 'partner' repository.
    40 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    41 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    42 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
    43 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
    44
    45 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    46 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    47 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    48 # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    49 # Google Repository
    50 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main
    51 deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all
    52 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main
    53 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main
mond@eME732:~$