[clug] apt-get problem

[Ian]

Did you do an 'apt-get update' first?

2008/9/22 Adrian <adrian.blake at ieee.org>:
> On my eeepc I get this when trying to do an upgrade:
>
> /home/user> sudo apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>
>
> The status files does not exist.  How do I rebuild it?
>
>
> Adrian
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