Synaptic cannot start

[yndesai]

Following error is seen when I start up the synaptic.
I have just installed 11.04 and was adding few of my favorite softwares.

This ocured after I tried to installed xpaint which did not install and now I am
not able to start the synaptic.

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fIN
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Thanks in advance

YNDESAI

[Rubi1200]

Hi,
open a terminal and copy/paste the following commands:

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

The first one removes corrupted package lists, the second one refreshes them.

[yndesai]

Thank you my issue is now resolved.

Wanted to know how did this err criped in. .

Thanks once again

[Rubi1200]

Glad things worked out

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