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update-manager package

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

Asked by Dr Imtiyaz on 2011-05-02

I was upgrading Ubuntu. Suddenly the update manager stopped & had been showing the following message. Please help me to solve the problem.

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick-updates_universe_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

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For:: Ubuntu update-manager Edit question

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Solved by:: actionparsnip

Solved:: 2011-05-03

Last query:: 2011-05-03

Last reply:: 2011-05-03

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-05-02:

Try:

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
LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean; LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail; sudo dpkg --configure -a
LANG=C;sudo apt-get install -f
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
LANG=C;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade