[Hot News] [SOLVED]: "Problem with MergeList" or "The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened" during Ubuntu Update

[Hot News] [SOLVED]: "Problem with MergeList" or "The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened" during Ubuntu Update
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When performing an update on my Ubuntu OS to a latest version of Ubuntu, I found the following error message on my Ubuntu terminal window:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

After checking that everything from my end is working fine i.e. verified proper network connectivity, system RAM availability was fine and HDD disk spin was all fine, I tried to dig further on the problem to find an answer for this perceived Ubuntu update problem.

It was found that the problem was mainly due to a faulty MergeList entry. To resolve this, I had to issue the following commands:

First remove existing Merge List entries using the following command:

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

Next, I generated a new Merge List entry using the following command:

sudo apt-get update

After performing these two operations, I was finally able to proceed further with my Ubuntu update and overcome the regular "Problem with MergeList" and "The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened" during regular Ubuntu update operations.

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