"Encountered a section with no Package: header" solution (was: )

[Alessandro Menti]

Il 12/05/2012 17:13, Maurice EXPOSITO ha scritto:
> Hi
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> i ve got a problem with ubuntu recently
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> i can't open the ubutu library and i've got this ;message instead
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> E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_dists_precise_partner_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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> can someone explain how to do?
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> thank you
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> Maurice EXPOSITO
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Hi Maurice,
this means that there the package list got corrupt in some way while it
was downloaded and, as such, it could not be read by apt.

Open a Terminal and type (on one line):
sudo rm
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_dists_precise_partner_binary-i386_Packages
then type "sudo apt-get update" to fix the problem.

As a side note, this mailing list is reserved for members of the Ubuntu
Bug Squad to discuss existing bug reports. Next time, please use Ubuntu
Answers ([1]), the #ubuntu IRC channel ([2]) or Ask Ubuntu ([3]) for
these questions.

Hope this helps,
Alessandro Menti

[1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu
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