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error package manager

Asked by Paaristha

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_partner_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

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

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

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

Please post full Terminal output here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/219014

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Paaristha (oomadath79) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.