Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: update-manager

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

THis is the errow when i open the package manager

and when i run apt-get update i get the following error
sand...@tornado:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release.gpg                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg                   
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_IN        
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release.gpg                          
Ign http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Translation-en_IN            
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release.gpg                              
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Translation-en_IN                   
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg                          
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_IN               
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Translation-en_IN              
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Translation-en_IN          
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_IN  
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_IN    
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_IN  
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release                       
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release                              
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release [27.6kB]                       
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release                             
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_IN         
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_IN           
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_IN         
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg                  
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_IN       
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_IN 
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_IN   
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_IN 
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports Release.gpg                
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/main Translation-en_IN     
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Packages                       
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages                            
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages                 
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Packages                     
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/universe Translation-en_IN 
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Packages         
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release                    
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release            
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages                            
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages 
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports Release
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/multiverse Packages
Fetched 1B in 4s (0B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList 
/var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Can't update or install software... apt-get update doesn't work either
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319675
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