[Bug 1346847] Re: Could not initialize the package information

[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:
  Could not initialize the package information

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The update manager does not start/show any update for cache or
  software. Whenever I try to run the update manager it shows an error.

  The error states something like this:

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

  Please fix this Bug so that the update manager does work properly.

  Thank you for your support.

  Regards,

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