[Bug 1060350] Re: Update Manager: an unresolvable problem occured while initializing package information

[arnicainthemembrane]

Hi, it was a very simple fix:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -rf


then


sudo apt-get update


... it fixed up the problem for me, anyhow.

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Title:
  Update Manager: an unresolvable problem occured while initializing
  package information

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

Bug description:
  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.

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