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Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fUS E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed

Asked by bijay_ant

THis is the issue i am getting when updating/installing .
Happening to my personal computer as well as in newly installed ubuntu 14.04

Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fUS
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Thank in advance

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
chmod +x ./fixpackage
sudo ./fixpackage

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

Manfred Hampl suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #1591: “'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList”.

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Arista Technologies Pvt. Ltd (aristatechnologies) said : 		#3

Thanks

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Norberto Bensa (nbensa) said : 		#4

Are there problems with Ubuntu repos? I've been having this problem all day with different trusty repos (us, ar, br).

Thanks.

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Indra Tanaya (prianggadaitanaya) said : 		#5

thank you for the hint! Appreciate your work.

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Volker Siegel (vsiegel) said : 		#6

Just for reference, in case the dropbox link breaks -
the script contains these commands (which could be run manually):

The script `fixpackage` From `https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage`:

#!/bin/bash
sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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