Package manger problem

[Maxiejoe]

When I try to run package manager the message appears. An resolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. 'e:Encountered a section with no Package:header, E problem with Mergelist/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dist_precise-security_multiverse_multiverse_binary-1386_packages, E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

I am using 10.04 ubuntu

Also the ununtu software center will not open. Thanks for any help.

[plucky]

When I try to run package manager the message appears. An resolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. 'e:Encountered a section with no Package:header, E problem with Mergelist/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dist_precise-security_multiverse_multiverse_binary-1386_packages, E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

I am using 10.04 ubuntu

Also the ununtu software center will not open. Thanks for any help.

Open a terminal and run
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf to delete all the list files and then run
sudo apt-get update to reload the list files.

Good Luck

[Maxiejoe]

Open a terminal and run
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf to delete all the list files and then run
sudo apt-get update to reload the list files.

Good Luck

Thanks alot, it did work and is now running fine......Problem solved