installer crashed

[brian sammion]

Actually I think it was because I lost internet connection
or it MIGHT have been (I got bored waiting) and decided to go BACK through the 'adverts'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Tue Jun 19 14:39:00 2012
InstallCmdLine: bootkbd=us console-setup/layoutcode=en_US console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys locale=us_us persistent noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From the syslog:

Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 215, in run
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.remove_extras()
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1460, in remove_extras
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: cache = Cache()
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 102, in __init__
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.open(progress)
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 145, in open
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /target/var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Jun 19 14:38:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: