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crash in Software updater and Synaptic

Asked by Walter Lomb

crash both Software updater and Sinaptic with the following error:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ar.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: No se pudieron analizar o abrir las listas de paquetes o el archivo de estado.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

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

hope that helps.

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Walter Lomb (walter.lomb) said : 		#2

thank you very much!
problem solved with your help