Cannot install, cannot remove, cannot update, system slow and glitchy....

So Glad

As the thread title says, I can't install, remove or update anything. If I install I get in terminal:

davitt@ArdRi:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing ndisgtk (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ie.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_edgy_universe_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

If I remove I get:

davitt@ArdRi:~$ sudo apt-get remove beryl
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing ndisgtk (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ie.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_edgy_universe_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

And if I try to update I get:

Could not initialize the package information

A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room, E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room, E:Error occurred while processing ndisgtk (NewVersion1), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ie.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_edgy_universe_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

My system also starts running really slow & glitchy at times and I can't open Synaptic because it freezes.

What do I do?

Snowbat

From http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/pkgadm.htm:

If you receive the error "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room" when running apt-get update,

add the following line to /etc/apt/apt.conf:

APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;

If your package list is corrupt, you may need to remove and re-add ie.archive.ubuntu.com using apt-setup


(edit: fixed URL)

So Glad

I typed in the terminal: sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824

And everything is grand now.

Thanks.