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bigtel
January 23rd, 2012, 09:14 AM
When updating the repository information I get the following error messga ecome up - can anyone tell me why and what I do about it?

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.as29550.net_archive.ubuntu.com_dists_oneiri c-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

plucky
January 23rd, 2012, 11:26 AM
When updating the repository information I get the following error messga ecome up - can anyone tell me why and what I do about it?

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.as29550.net_archive.ubuntu.com_dists_oneiri c-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

From a terminal
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -rf then update again and see if you still get the same error.

Good luck