Fix| Error E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList

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Error “E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList …….”

Fix it by this steps ..  #linux_mint_17.2

1- Clean up..
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get purge
sudo apt-get autoremove -y
sudo rm -fv /var/lib/apt/lists/*


2- Full update..
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y


Then reboot. I suspect you’ll find your errors in the GUI update tool will have gone.

muchas gracias , estuve horas buscando la solucion

You could also have corrupted /var/lib/dpkg/status file with some binary garbage (like me) e.g. due power outages or HW errors,
than above steps will not work.
Best way is to copy important data and full system reinstall... bcs if you have one file corrupted than also propable some number of others..