[Bug 837840] Re: 'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

[Brian Murray]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 346386 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386

czhchen - please subscribe yourself to bug reports when marking them as
Incomplete.

This bug is actually a duplicate of bug 346386 and occurs when you are
behind a proxy that returns an html page instead of the packages list
file.  There is an updated version of apt for Natty that deals with this
error better - please install it.

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 346386
   [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header"

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Title:
  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists
  or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  unable to install any updates

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