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SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, 

E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fIN
E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

This is the problem I encounter when I try to open ubuntu software center please help me out to fix it and make software center work as normal

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Remove the file:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fIN

and update the the package database again:

sudo apt-get update

You can also remove the entire folder: /var/lib/apt/lists

sudo rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo apt-get update
Fabby
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Have you tried this enter from the terminal:

  sudo apt-get remove softwate-center
  sudo apt-get install software-center

and it might work fine this way.

Michael
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  • sairamakrishna@Krishna:~$ sudo apt-get remove softwate-center [sudo] password for sairamakrishna: 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_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fIN E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. sairamakrishna@Krishna:~$ It shows like this – SAI RAMA KRISHNA G Jul 20 '15 at 07:57
  • delete the sources.list file and enter setting and update and hatch the upper chanorinal sourece and it might work fine this way. – Michael Jul 20 '15 at 13:19