Kubuntu 12.04 Section with no Package:header?

Vincent bullet at ballmail.co.za
Wed Mar 5 18:41:52 UTC 2014


On 05/03/2014 14:26, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Vincent wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>> I have encountered a problem with both muon & synaptic package
>> managers unable to open with the following errors.
>> "E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
>> E: Problem with MergeList
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_
>> multiverse_i18n_Translation-en E: The package lists or status file
>> could not be parsed or opened. E: _cache->open() failed, please
>> report."
> I would suggest to remove the file mentioned in the error message and
> then run the command
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> That should rebuild the file.
>
>
> Nils
>
>
Thanks Nils, that did the trick!

Best Regards
Vince




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