Visionary Vibes

I had a problem in Ubuntu of not being able to install a software. It gave me the following errors: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.   or like this one:   E: Malformed Description-md5 line; includes invalid character 'fc1f7600accbcc"07ef9954ba3306c14' E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened But it was an easy problem to solve: The reasons for the problem arise from failed update attempt or may be when you try mess around with /var/lib/dpkg/status     Or may be you have too many sources in your repo,,,,that could also be a problem. To solve this is simple,,just do the following steps:   1> Open the terminal with ctrl+alt+t; 2> Type: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf  3> Now type: sudo apt-get ...