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i new ubuntu , have not used read quiet lot , use main o/s. have on dual boot @ present win98se. seemed working on 9.04 yesterday accepted automatic update , have no software listed in synaptic package manager. following error message shown if try open it:

e: encountered section no package: header
e: problem mergelist /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates_restricted_binary-i386_packages
e: package lists or status file not parsed or opened.
e: _cache->open() failed, please report.

not know enough , not know how or whom should report it.

can offer advice please.

simply remove file , run update, file recreate itself.
code:
sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates_restricted_binary-i386_packages /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates_restricted_binary-i386_packages.old  sudo apt-get update


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