arnicainthemembrane
October 26th, 2012, 09:58 AM
Hi, this whole issue started when I was trying to update with an intermittent wifi connection. I got a bug report and the following:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_restricted _binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
I reported the issue and cut and pasted the above to Launchpad. But there hasn't been any movement on the issue, from what I can tell.
Is there some way i can fix the problem myself, or, that failing, is it possible to do a reinstall without losing any data/ presently installed applications? (I'm asking because I'm traveling and don't have my backup drive)
thanks
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_restricted _binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
I reported the issue and cut and pasted the above to Launchpad. But there hasn't been any movement on the issue, from what I can tell.
Is there some way i can fix the problem myself, or, that failing, is it possible to do a reinstall without losing any data/ presently installed applications? (I'm asking because I'm traveling and don't have my backup drive)
thanks