zintinio
July 14th, 2009, 04:57 PM
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
If you are not comfortable in the terminal, just type in
~$ gksu nautilus
It will open nautilus. From there navigate to /var/lib/dpkg
Then you will see a few files that say status, status old, and status-bad. Delete them all. Then right click, and create a new Document. Rename it status. Your package manager will now work again.
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
If you are not comfortable in the terminal, just type in
~$ gksu nautilus
It will open nautilus. From there navigate to /var/lib/dpkg
Then you will see a few files that say status, status old, and status-bad. Delete them all. Then right click, and create a new Document. Rename it status. Your package manager will now work again.