Error in Synaptic package manager

[g160689]

(ubuntu 9.04)error message shows:

Encountered a section with no package :header
Problem with merge list /var/lib/dpkg/status
The package list or status could not be parsed or opened
_cache->open() failed, please report
i m unable to install any package, please help! thx..

[drs305]

The first step is try to use the 'backup' status file to see if the problem still exists:


sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.bad
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status

[g160689]

it still exists........plz help me in details.thx

[Soul-Sing]

gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/info

I believe you can search for "broken" packages.