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update manager E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

Asked by Otom

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_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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Best Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#1

This error usually occur when trying to install packages from the Terminal. To get away with this, open the Terminal and do:

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

then

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

HTH.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

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

Please post Terminal output here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/158945

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

see https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/1591

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Otom (tshelby000) said : 		#4

Thanks Ian Ace, that solved my question.