Encountered a section with no package: header, in lubuntu 14.04 lts

[docca pranav]

Hello

I have installed Lubuntu 14.04 LTS on Intel Pentium 4 system with 1B RAM and while updating using Apt-get update in terminal the following massage appeared:

Fetched 291 kB in 1min 13s (3,937 B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
pranav@pranav-P4GE-MX:~$

Due to Lubuntu Software center, software updater and synapatic package manager are not working.

pranav@pranav-P4GE-MX:~$ sudo apt-get install apport
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Please suggest what to do to run them.

[Quinn Balazs (qbalazs)]

Remove your current mergelist with "sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf" and then generate a new one with "sudo apt-get update". If you're still having this issue after regenerating the lists, set the status here back to new and attach the output of "grep -v '#' /etc/apt/sources.list".

[docca pranav (doccapranav)]

Dear Sir

Solved the problem by freshly downloading and installing the Lubuntu 14.04
LTS.

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Quinn Balazs <email address hidden> wrote:

> Remove your current mergelist with "sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf"
> and then generate a new one with "sudo apt-get update". If you're still
> having this issue after regenerating the lists, set the status here back
> to new and attach the output of "grep -v '#' /etc/apt/sources.list".
>
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> Title:
> Encountered a section with no package: header, in lubuntu 14.04 lts
>
> Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Hello
>
> I have installed Lubuntu 14.04 LTS on Intel Pentium 4 system with 1B
> RAM and while updating using Apt-get update in terminal the following
> massage appeared:
>
> Fetched 291 kB in 1min 13s (3,937 B/s)
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> pranav@pranav-P4GE-MX:~$
>
> Due to Lubuntu Software center, software updater and synapatic
> package manager are not working.
>
> pranav@pranav-P4GE-MX:~$ sudo apt-get install apport
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>
>
> Please suggest what to do to run them.
>
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