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Error in update manager

Asked by Paludan

''sudo apt-get update'' in Ubuntu 11.04 yields the following error:
....
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dk.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

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This question was originally filed as bug #774182.

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Paludan (kjaer-daniel9) said : 		#1

I don't know if this is a genuine bug or if it is a question.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#2

Try moving the file out of the way and re-building it.

sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists/dk.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages ~/dk.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages.backup
sudo apt-get update

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Paludan (kjaer-daniel9) said : 		#3

Still error:
...
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dk.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_restricted_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

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Paludan (kjaer-daniel9) said : 		#4

The first command you showed me went right through without error, but after that the apt-get update showed the error I just typed above.

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Daniel Pisano (sa-san) said : 		#5

I have the same error :(

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Daniel Pisano (sa-san) said : 		#6

I had fix this error :).... You have to remove the damaged files with:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf

And then get new lists with :

sudo apt-get update

and then :

sudo apt-get upgrade

:)

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

Yes, that procedure is also described here:

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

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headr (hai-dr) said : 		#8

it's still wont work on me.

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