unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information

[susan devy]

E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened

[susan devy (susandevy)]

please help me with this bug,
I never have this experience before
thank you in advance

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Hello, I suggest trying this:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en
sudo apt-get update

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your bug report it seems that you are experiencing bug 346386. This issue happens when you have tried to update your package information when you are a network that didn't return the right files. This issue can be cleaned up by using the following commands in a terminal:

1.) sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
2.) sudo apt-get update

Thanks and good luck!

[This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you inappropriately; please reopen the bug task if it was incorrect.]

[susan devy (susandevy)]

thank you so much for replying my bug report,

however I failed to do that because this :

rm: cannot remove
`/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en':
No such file or directory

rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory

thank you again for your assistance

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 346386 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Reviewing your bug report it seems that you are
> experiencing bug 346386. This issue happens when you have tried to
> update your package information when you are a network that didn't
> return the right files. This issue can be cleaned up by using the
> following commands in a terminal:
>
> 1.) sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
> 2.) sudo apt-get update
>
> Thanks and good luck!
>
> [This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you
> inappropriately; please reopen the bug task if it was incorrect.]
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 346386
> [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a
> section with no Package: header"
>
> ** Tags added: bot-comment
>
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> Title:
> unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
> information
>
> Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
> MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-
> security_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status
> file could not be parsed or opened
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