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I'm new to Ubuntu and not sure about how to resolve the issue. Can someone give any pointers to make the Update functionality working again I'm using version 11.04 Thanks in Advance S Venkata Srikanth ________________________________ From: Brian Murray <br...@ubuntu.com> To: svsrikanth2...@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 2:12 AM Subject: [Bug 346386] Re: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" Julian is the 2nd version of the patch that is attached to the bug report something that would be possible to backport so we can get updated packages in Lucid and Natty? -- You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug (789952). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “apt” package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: Binary package hint: adept-updater Pertinent data printed when attempting to run Updater as follows: 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/us.archive.ubuntu .com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' Ubuntu 8.10 Need workaround to permit updating - usual apt-get commands (clean, update) haven't worked; message as follows: Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs