Ubuntu
aptdaemon package

  1. Bug #875119
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 875119

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Freddie Morales Torres (serrot-selarom-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: 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/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

Also affecting amd64 (Using 11.04 which I installed via CD image)
This came up as I was trying to install packages via Terminal

Command used -
sudo apt-get install <package.deb>

Error -
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/eg.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages

Also
Ubuntu Software Center "hangs" searching for software under each :Department" in "Get Software" and also "Installed Software"
- unsure if this relates