Absolutely perfect solution. Worked extremely well. I knew I had a problem with one of the files, and it should have been deleted. However I didn't known about clean, update and upgrade (which I guess is what the Update-Manager does).
Thank you for the quick response. JIM > Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:40:21 +0000 > From: 346...@bugs.launchpad.net > To: carxf...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 346386] Re: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files > with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" > > Thank you all of you > I had this bug too on Ubuntu 11.04. > Now it is fixed with this: > > > sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf > > sudo apt-get clean > > sudo apt-get update > > sudo apt-get upgrade > > God bless you > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (796583). > 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” source package in Natty: > Triaged > 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.' > > WORKAROUND: > Remove problematic files from /var/lib/apt/lists/ and rerun apt-get update. > > In the event that one is connected to a network with a proxy server > that returns html pages (like a web page requesting you to login) and > not package list files. Those html files will get downloaded to > /var/lib/apt/lists/ and prevent someone from using a package manager > until the problem html pages are removed. > > TEST CASE: > 1) Ensure /etc/apt/sources.list points to archive.ubuntu.com > 2) Setup proxy server to block access to archive.ubuntu.com and return > something like http://people.canonical.com/~brian/tmp/not-packages.html > 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal > 4) Observe the following: > 'E: Encountered a section with no Package: header > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' > 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be sad that it doesn't work > > With the proposed package installed repeat steps 1 to 3. > 4) Observe the following: > ''Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease [189 B] > Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease > E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease: The following > signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2' > 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be happy that it works > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- 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
