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I ran:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

on my terminal. After that, neither the "muon update manager" nor the "muon software center" work, when run, they both give an error:

Initialization Error

The Package system could not be initialized, your configuration may be broken.

Details

Encountered a section with no package: header

I tried restarting the computer, update, upgrade a few times continually, and didn't help. Then I tried:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

on a terminal and got a set of these errors:

Reading package lists... Error!

**E:** Encountered a section with no Package: header

**E:** Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-security_main_i18n_Translation-en

**E:** The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Then I tried:

sudo dpkg --configure -a    
sudo apt-get install -f   
sudo apt-get update    
sudo apt-get install muon --reinstall

but received the same errors quoted above for the lines 2 and 4

Does anyone know why I am having all of these problems or what I have done wrong?

Eric Leschinski
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  • I don't know Ubuntu that much to understand if they're both the same thing. And I don't dare do the solution named in the post you linked, in fear of extra damage. Please give me an explicit answer. – user244881 Sep 27 '14 at 00:03

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Open Terminal and enter:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf

Then DON'T sudo apt-get update

Update via muon, or else you might fall into the same problem again.

Solved my problem completely.

Zanna
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