Update manager:Could not refresh update list

Bug #1518717 reported by C.Richardson
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Bug Description

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
Linux Mint v.17
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/extra.linuxmint.com_dists_qiana_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

“mintwelcome”
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWelcome/mintWelcome.py", line 219, in <module>
    MintWelcome()
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWelcome/mintWelcome.py", line 125, in __init__
    cache = apt.Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 107, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 151, 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/extra.linuxmint.com_dists_qiana_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

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C.Richardson (cliveffosyffin) wrote :

Have fixed using Software Sources and Merge List Fix.
Clive Richardson

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