[Bug 1176658] Re: "update-manager" - could not initialise package information

[Ubuntu Foundations Team 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:
  "update-manager" - could not initialise package information

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

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS

  
  I have tried to use update-manager, the following shows the results:-

  Could not initialise the package information

  An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package
  information.

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

  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fGB, E:The
  package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  
  Running  "ubuntu-bug lubuntu-desktop" command in a terminal. 

  
  Result  gerald at gerald-System-Product-Name:~$ ubuntu-bug lubuntu-desktop 

  (apport-gtk:3016): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed 
  gerald at gerald-System-Product-Name:~$ 

  gerald at gerald-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo apt-get install apport 
  [sudo] password for gerald: 
  Reading package lists... Error! 
  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header 
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fGB 
  E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. 
  gerald at gerald-System-Product-Name:~$ 

  
  Running in terminal “ubuntu-bug the_name_of_the_component”

  Result - Could not determine the package or source package name.

  gerald at gerald-System-Product-Name:~$ apt-cache policy pkgname
  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fGB
  E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

  I trust that the above information will enable the problem to be
  sorted out.

  regards  GC

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