When attempting to run Synaptic Package Manager an error message occurs

Bug #1376094 reported by Ivan Waite
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Bug Description

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_qiana_import_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

My version is mint 17 Quiana Cinnamon
tried to open synaptic package manager
this error occured, instead I would expect the normal screen to open,
the problem has continued without change

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Code Guru (codeguru42) wrote :

I am getting this same error when I try to install anything with "sudo apt-get install".

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