suddenly, my package lists seem broken

[NoOp]

On 07/07/2011 01:03 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   just tried to watch a video in chrome, only to be presented with
> "Missing plug-in".  huh?  and when i tried to update, i got:
> 
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> 
>   is there an aptitude "clean" suboption i can try to rectify this?
...
From
<http://www.google.com/search?&q=ubuntu+%2B"E%3A+Problem+with+MergeList"&btnG=Search>
perhaps:
<http://computerandu.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/how-to-solve-ubuntu-update-error/>
will work?