Help:E: Wow, you exceeded the number of versions this APT is capable of.

[jokerqiang]

Hi,
I got following error with package manager, please help

tiger@tiger-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Wow, you exceeded the number of versions this APT is capable of.
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.tw.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[Partyboi2]

Hi, open a terminal and remove that list with

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.tw.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packagesthen re-fetch it with

sudo apt-get update

Also, sometimes adding debian repos to your sources.list can cause breakage.