[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 11.04 i386 fresh install does not update pkg database issue

[Hardik Dalwadi]

On Friday 29 April 2011 06:01 PM, Narendra Diwate wrote:
> Installed 11.04 i386 on a spare partition on my AMD64 desktop with
> Telugu as default language hoping my mom will try it out.
> 
> Installed fine. Tried to update package database after first boot and
> came up with the first issue in years of using Ubuntu.
> 
> Error as follows:
> E:Encountered a section with no package header.
> E:Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary_i386_packages.
> E:the package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> E:_cache-->open() failed, please report.
> 
> 
> Any ideas what this is and how to resolve this. Is this bug already
> there or needs to filed.

@ Narendra,

Give a try after changing mirror to main server, for further information
, refer this thread [1]

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com/msg07688.html

> Regards
> 
> Narendra Diwate

Thanks,
Hardik Dalwadi.