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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/26/2014 01:54 AM, Jeff Frontz
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<div>Did you already try clearing the cache? Something like this:
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On Jan 25, 2014, at 20:57, tom <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>>
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<div><span>LinuxMint 14</span><br>
<span>~ $ sudo apt-get install rtorrent</span><br>
<span>Reading package lists... Error!</span><br>
<span>E: Encountered a section with no Package: header</span><br>
<span>E: Problem with MergeList </span><br>
<span>/var/lib/apt/lists/<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://packages.linuxmint.com">packages.linuxmint.com</a>_dists_nadia_import_i18n_Translation-en</span><br>
<span>E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed
or opened.</span><br>
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No. I was getting "No address associated with host name" from the
Update Manager. I thought the problem was on Mint's or Ubuntu's end
and waited a few days. Tried again getting same result. Got the same
message with apt-get. There was a closed thread having no solution
at Ubuntu Forums. There was a lot of hoo haw on the web about router
settings. I connected my laptop directly to the cable that comes in
my house from my isp. I was still getting the same message. Router
was not the problem.<br>
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I took another look at the message from the Update manager:<br>
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E: Encountered a section with no Package: header<br>
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_nadia_import_i18n_Tra
nslation-en<br>
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.<br>
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.<br>
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I thought maybe the MergeList could be it. I posted "Problem with
MergeList" to Ubuntu Forms with almost immediate response. (I
sometimes take the shotgun approach to posting problems as I might
not get a reply. Do I wait a few days and then post to the next
place, etc.)<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2201760">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2201760</a><br>
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We most often see this as a result of a corrupted control file.<br>
Try this:<br>
terminal codes:<br>
Code:<br>
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sudo rm -fr /var/lib/apt/lists<br>
sudo mkdir -pv /var/lib/apt/lists/partial<br>
sudo apt-get update<br>
sudo apt-get upgrade<br>
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That worked. I had presence of mind to rename and save
/var/lib/apt/lists somewhere else in case there was trouble.<br>
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Thanks for the reply.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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