Ubuntu software crash and software updater crash as well

[flamcsd]

Hello , all

my Ubuntu software crash and software updater crash as well.

I got following error message.

Could not initialise the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package information.

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

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, Eroblem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_i1 8n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

[jerrrys]

Hi flamcsd, welcome to the forum

Open a terminal and enter:

sudo rm -rf /var/list/apt/lists/*

sudo apt-get update

Now try the software center

[flamcsd]

Hi jerry

thanks for your help. I performed your command in a terminal. I still got some error messages.

Fetched 1,201 kB in 1s (643 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
W: GPG error: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_i1 8n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[jerrrys]

sudo -i
apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
mv lists lists.old
mkdir -p lists/partial
apt-get clean
apt-get update

First link -- method #1

http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?...Search&lang=en

[flamcsd]

Thank you jerrrys,

My problem solved.

Thanks again for the quick fix. really good help.

[jerrrys]

Good show

Terminal commands come in handy, check it out

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto#Commands

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPo.../SolvedThreads