SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/nl.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages, E:De pakketlijsten of het statusbestand konden of niet ontleed, of niet geopend worden.

Bug #795163 reported by Vannoise
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #626599: problem with update-manager. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04 natty
Application: Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.14
Desktop: gnome

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntutweak/mainwindow.py", line 502, in setup_notebook
    page = module()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntutweak/modules/updatemanager.py", line 44, in __init__
    self.update_list()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntutweak/modules/updatemanager.py", line 59, in update_list
    PACKAGE_WORKER.update_apt_cache(init=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntutweak/common/package.py", line 226, in update_apt_cache
    self.cache = apt.Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 89, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 127, 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/nl.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages, E:De pakketlijsten of het statusbestand konden of niet ontleed, of niet geopend worden.

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J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) wrote :

Hi Vannoise, some lines are not in English. Could you please translate it? Also, if this bug can be reproduced kindly add the steps to. Thank you for reporting and we'll wait for your reply.

summary: - Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04 natty Application: Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.14
- Desktop: gnome Traceback (most recent call last): File
- "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntutweak/mainwindow.py", line 502,
- in setup_notebook page = module() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
- packages/ubuntutweak/modules/updatemanager.py", line 44, in __init__
- self.update_list() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
- packages/ubuntutweak/modules/updatemanager.py", line 59, in update_list
- PACKAGE_WORKER.update_apt_cache(init=True) File
- "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntutweak/common/package.py", line
- 226, in update_apt_cache self.cache = apt.Cache() File
- "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 89, in __init__
- self.open(progress) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
- packages/apt/cache.py", line 127, in open self._cache =
- apt_pkg.Cache(progress) SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no
- Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList
+ SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem
+ with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/nl.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-
amd64_Packages, E:De pakketlijsten of het statusbestand konden of niet
ontleed, of niet geopend worden.
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