Xillix, Thank you--it worked like a charm. In fact, I don't think the upgrade is necessary. Once I deleted everything and then ran update, the update- manager appeared and looked functional.
It's strange--I had tried the same thing with just the offending list, which in my case was us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages I did: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages sudo apt-get update And that didn't work. The newly downloaded version of us.archive.ubuntu .com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages also caused the "section with no Package: header" error. I'm not sure whether the crucial thing is 'clean' or removing all the lists. Anyway, thank you very much! -Ravi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
