software-properties-gtk crashes when opening it

Bug #1097238 reported by Guybrush88
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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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Guybrush88 (guybrush)
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

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!

[This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you inappropriately; please reopen the bug task if it was incorrect.]

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