gabriel_007

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.pl.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: Nie udało się odczytać lub przetworzyć list pakietów lub pliku stanu.*

*it says: couldn't read package list or status file.

I'm having this problem with aptitude after a small poweroff.
This is what happened after aptitude update.
(Power went off right in the middle of aptitude update-ing).

Synaptic doesn't work as well.
Apt-get works fine.
Thank you Smile

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kkubasik

have you tried running

apt-get update

if thats no good, run

apt-get clean && apt-get update

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gabriel_007

apt-get clean ---> displays no messages.
apt-get update --->

Traf http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Traf http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Traf ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org stable/main Packages
Traf ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org stable/main Release
Traf ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org stable/main Sources
Traf ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org stable/main Release
Traf ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable/main Packages
Traf ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable/main Release
Traf ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
Traf ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Traf ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Traf ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Czytanie list pakietów... Błąd!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.pl.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: Nie udało się otworzyć lub zanalizować zawartości list pakietów.

aha... so it's the same. Except that aptitude update doesn't even display the first part
(till "Czytanie pakietów ...Błąd!" ---?> "Reading packages ...Error!").
Aptitude clean displays the same error.
When I run simply "aptitude" it displays the same thing .

kkubasik

What does Traf mean? something like Hit?

you should be able to try this (but I can't make any promises so back stuff up if its mission critical)

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That solved my problem, I was able to update and upgrade
Thank you qub333 for you help and attention

kkubasik

no problem, that's what forums are for!

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