[Bug 1000848]

[Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot]

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

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.  Reviewing your bug report it seems that you are
experiencing bug 346386.  This issue happens when you have tried to
update your package information when you are a network that didn't
return the right files.  This issue can be cleaned up by using the
following commands in a terminal:

1.) sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
2.) sudo apt-get update

Thanks and good luck!

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** 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"

** Tags added: bot-comment

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Title:
  Could not initialize the package information

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

Bug description:
  I have a red circle warning on the top panel of my laptop using Unity
  in Precise. It displays the following message and advised me to report
  it. So here it is. This problem No. 1 at (a) below. A second problem
  on my main computer desktop running Unity in Precise also at (b)
  below. Ubuntu running great apart from these two. Any help
  appreciated.

  (a) "Could not initialize the package information

  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
  information.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
  include the following error message:

  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ie.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_universe_i18n_Translation-en, E:The
  package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' ".

  (b) Sometimes when I click the dash button to go and find a program,
  the computer just freezes and the only way to get out of it is to
  force the computer down via the power button or do a Ctrl + Alt + F1
  which brings you into terminal mode and allows you to reboot the
  computer from the command line. I am  a linux newbie, so bear with my
  questions. Thank you.

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