[Bug 988841] Re: cannot use update manager

[Jackson Sandberg Lawler]

To see if apt-get could fix the problem, I tried running:

   sudo apt-get check

which yielded:

   E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
   E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-amd64_Packages
   E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64- bit
I am using update-manager: version 0.156.14
I am using apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10 for amd64 compiled on Apr 20 2012 10:19:39

I have attached the filed you asked for, and I will also attach the file
that produced the error in the above.


** Attachment added: "us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/988841/+attachment/3105192/+files/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages

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Title:
  cannot use update manager

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  whenever I open update-manager now, I get this message:

  E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package
  lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

  This happened just after I told the program to check for updates.  I
  am at school and they have a filter program that blocks us (the
  students) from getting online without logging on first.  I forgot that
  I had to log on first because I opened update-manager before I opened
  my browser (where the username and password is prompted upon initial
  attempt to visit a webpage).

  First thing, I opened update manager, and checked for updates.  it
  told me to check my internet connection; that was when I realized that
  I had forgotten to log in.  So, I opened my browser and typed in my
  username and password and then got on to google just fine.  Then, I
  tried to update again, and almost immediately, I presented with the
  error message I mentioned before.

  I marked this as a security vulnerability because I think that it
  might be, since I cannot receive any updates anymore.

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