I had this problem and fixed it by deleting the file and running apt get update I find the exact commands by googling the error message... Hope this helps!! Robin <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 24, 2013 5:58 AM, "Andrew Huys" <<a href="mailto:musiek.sparta.nc@gmail.com">musiek.sparta.nc@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#999999" text="#000000"> Slight problem with the studio, Can't upgrade packages, can't update, can't use Synaptic, etc... Whenever I try something with apt-get, the computer complains. For example, apt-get check: ben@studio60:~$ sudo apt-get check [sudo] password for ben: Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fUS E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Is this something wrong in the /var/ dir, or some config file? Or is the Quantal server @ Ubuntu having problems? This seems to be something pretty deep, i.e. out of my scope of "fix it". What do I do? I've been thinking that it's time to reinstall with a clean 12.10 anyway due to some other issues, is this just a good excuse to do so? Thanks Y'all, And (BA HUys on G+) </div> -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> </blockquote></div>