[Bug 1097238] Re: software-properties-gtk crashes when opening it

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

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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

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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"

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Title:
  software-properties-gtk crashes when opening it

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  every time i want to open software-properties on quantal, i get a
  crash and i can't open it. this is the traceback:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 103, in <module>
       app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 160, in __init__
       self.apt_cache = apt.Cache()
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 102, in __init__
       self.open(progress)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 145, in open
       self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
   SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_ubuntu-wine_ppa_ubuntu_dists_lucid_main_i18n_Translation-it%5fIT, E:L'elenco dei pacchetti o il file di stato non può essere letto o aperto.

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