Ubuntu
apt package

Synaptic crashes with an Error Message

Bug #790357 reported by Hendrik de Wilde-Geisler on 2011-05-30

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #346386: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header". Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/de.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_restricted_binary-i386_Packages
E: Die Liste der Paketquellen oder die Status-Datei konnten nicht geöffnet werden.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

New Installation of Natty Narwal in German Ubuntu 11.04
Using apt-cache gives the following errors

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/de.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_restricted_binary-i386_Packages
E: Die Paketliste oder die Statusdatei konnte nicht eingelesen oder geöffnet werden.