Ubuntu
update-manager package

Could not initialize the package information

Bug #785872 reported by Troy Harter
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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Troy Harter (hartertw) wrote :
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Troy Harter (hartertw) wrote :

Resolved with the following commands:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update

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