<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Did you already try clearing the cache? Something like this: <span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-clear-the-package-cache/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-clear-the-package-cache/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Jeff</span></div><div><br>On Jan 25, 2014, at 20:57, tom <<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><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 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><span></span><br><span>Getting error from update manager as well. That happened about a week </span><br><span>ago. I thought something was wonky on Mint's or Ubuntu's end. Reported </span><br><span>error and waited a few days. same error message when I tried again.</span><br><span></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 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><span>E: _cache->open() failed, please report.</span><br><span></span><br><span>~ $ cat </span><br><span>/var/lib/apt/lists/<a href="http://packages.linuxmint.com">packages.linuxmint.com</a>_dists_nadia_import_i18n_Translation-en</span><br><span><html></span><br><span> <head></span><br><span> <title> </title></span><br><span></span><br><span> <script type="text/javascript"></span><br><span> function bredir(a, b, c, d, e, ldr, ifc) {</span><br><span> var h, i, j;</span><br><span> var f = 0;</span><br><span> var g = 0;</span><br><span> var k = false;</span><br><span> var l = false;</span><br><span> var m = [</span><br><span> [300, 250, false],</span><br><span> [250, 250, false],</span><br><span> [240, 400, false],</span><br><span> [336, 280, false],</span><br><span> [180, 150, false],</span><br><span> [468, 60, false],</span><br><span> [234, 60, false],</span><br><span> [88, 31, false],</span><br><span> [120, 90, false],</span><br><span> [120, 60, false],</span><br><span> [120, 240, false],</span><br><span> [125, 125, false],</span><br><span> [728, 90, false],</span><br><span> [160, 600, false],</span><br><span> [120, 600, false],</span><br><span> [300, 600, false],</span><br><span> [300, 125, false],</span><br><span> [530, 300, false],</span><br><span> [190, 200, false],</span><br><span> [470, 250, false],</span><br><span> [720, 300, true],</span><br><span> [500, 350, true],</span><br><span> [550, 480, true],</span><br><span> //YouTube:</span><br><span> [560, 315, true],</span><br><span> [640, 360, true],</span><br><span> [853, 480, true],</span><br><span> [1280, 720, true],</span><br><span> //Vimeo:</span><br><span> [400, 300, true],</span><br><span> [500, 281, true],</span><br><span> //Hulu:</span><br><span> [480, 270, true],</span><br><span> [512, 288, true],</span><br><span> //metacafe:</span><br><span> [440, 248, true],</span><br><span> [460, 284, true],</span><br><span> [540, 304, true],</span><br><span> [600, 338, true],</span><br><span> //Other dimensions (metacafe, myspace video, yahoo </span><br><span>video, <a href="http://break.com">break.com</a>, ustream, vevo, justin.tv, etc):</span><br><span> [210, 120, true],</span><br><span> [400, 300, true],</span><br><span> [425, 350, true],</span><br><span> [425, 360, true],</span><br><span> [435, 251, true],</span><br><span> [435, 271, true],</span><br><span> [500, 300, true],</span><br><span> [525, 295, true],</span><br><span> [575, 324, true],</span><br><span> [620, 389, true],</span><br><span> [624, 351, true],</span><br><span> [630, 381, true],</span><br><span> [640, 385, true],</span><br><span> [650, 368, true],</span><br><span> [1000, 562, true],</span><br><span> [1000, 563, true],</span><br><span> [1000, 564, true]</span><br><span> ];</span><br><span> if (typeof window.innerHeight == "number") {</span><br><span> g = window.innerHeight;</span><br><span> f = window.innerWidth;</span><br><span> } else if (typeof document.body.offsetHeight == "number") {</span><br><span> g = document.body.offsetHeight;</span><br><span> f = document.body.offsetWidth;</span><br><span> }</span><br><span> for (var n = 0; 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I read about changing router </span><br><span>settings. Did not think the problem was there. Connected my laptop </span><br><span>directly to my isp's cable. Was able to ping w/no errors. Then tried </span><br><span>apt-get and update manager again, getting same error message.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Something wrong with </span><br><span>/var/lib/apt/lists/<a href="http://packages.linuxmint.com">packages.linuxmint.com</a>_dists_nadia_import_i18n_Translation-en </span><br><span>that I posted above? what should it read?</span><br><span></span><br><span>I can torrent stuff, no problem.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>colug-432 mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:colug-432@colug.net">colug-432@colug.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432">http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>