Comment 39 for bug 346386

Thanks for the help! It worked like a charm!

Pace e bene
Philip

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On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Xillix <email address hidden> wrote:

> I had this issue and fixed it by the following. Make sure you are
> authenticated before running the rm.
>
> sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386
>
> Title:
> [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a
> section with no Package: header"
>
> Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “apt” package in Debian:
> Unknown
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: adept-updater
>
> Pertinent data printed when attempting to run Updater as follows:
>
> An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
> information.
>
> Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
> include the following error message:
>
> 'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
> MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu
> .com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The
> package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
>
> Ubuntu 8.10
>
> Need workaround to permit updating - usual apt-get commands (clean,
> update) haven't worked; message as follows:
>
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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