[Bug 1129864] Re: An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 346386 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.  Reviewing your bug report it seems that you are
experiencing bug 346386.  This issue happens when you have tried to
update your package information when you are a network that didn't
return the right files.  This issue can be cleaned up by using the
following commands in a terminal:

1.) sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
2.) sudo apt-get update

Thanks and good luck!

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 346386
   [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header"

** Tags added: bot-comment

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Title:
  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
  information.  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager'
  package and include the following error message: E:Encountered a
  section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList
  /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en, E:The
  package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

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

Bug description:
  I have tried sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en to remove it,
  but did not help.

  It is crashing all my programs and I do not want to re-install ubuntu.

  There is a stop sign displayed on menu-bar besides email icon.

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