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The package list or status file could not be parsed or opened

Asked by Igor Maslennikov

When run Package Manager it throws an error:
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.nl.eu.kernel.org_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Transaction-en%5fUS(1)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or open
E:_cache->open() failed, please report

Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

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This question was originally filed as bug #1393059.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) said : 		#1

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

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

Please post full Terminal output here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/257682

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Igor Maslennikov (imaslen) said : 		#3

I ran the troubleshooting procedure all the way thru Step 5, which installed a bunch of stuff and apparently fixed the problem (i'm just a "recreational" user of Ubuntu). Not sure if I still had to post the Terminal output. In the end it only contained the results of the second to last command in the step 5. I guess, problem solved. Thanks