synaptic issues

[tyme]

i installed synaptic from the texstar rpms, but everytime i start it i get an error box with the following message:

could not open RPM package list file /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.ibiblio.org_pub_Linux_distributions_contrib_texstar_apt_Mandrake_base_pkglis
t.updates: (no error)



Problem opening /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.ibiblio.org_pub_Linux_distributions_contrib_texstar_apt_Mandrake_base_pkglis
t.updates



The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

 

when i click OK (the only option) synaptic exits immediately. the following is the output in my terminal which i run it from:

(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: could not find glade file 'synaptic.glade'



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): libglade-WARNING **: Unknown CList child property: visible



(synaptic:16829): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_menu_attach_to_widget(): menu already attached to GtkOptionMenu

 

Any ideas where the problem may lie and how to fix it? thanks for any input. I'm going to work on this a little and if i figure it out i'll post the fix here, in case others run into this issue.

[mdg]

I had that problem too. Typing "apt-get update" in console fixed it for me

[tyme]

worked perfectly, thank you. i was actually trying to find the apt command, didn't think of apt-get.

 

addition:synaptic rules..........