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I am new to Ubuntu and is using 16.04. Recently I got a notification at the top of the desktop saying:

An error occured, please run package manager or apt-get to see whats wrong. The error message was error opening the cache:

E:encountered a section with no Package: header,
E: Problem with MergeList/var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_xenial-updates_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages
E:The Package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.)This usually means your installed packages have unmet dependencies.

I do not have Package Manager installed and I cannot open Ubuntu Software Center anymore. I have tried running sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get -f install but it didn't work.

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It looks like the Indian mirror in.archive.ubuntu.com gave you a malformed package list file; this seems to be a common occurence with this mirror (among others).

Just do nothing, eventually the mirror should return to a sane state and the error will disappear.

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