SOlVED 2 weeks after updating to 6 I can no longer update

[lupgaru]

Someone has bound to have encountered this before, I updated to 6 right after it came out, everything went well. All of a sudden my Icon shows a red X, so I open the update manager. After it searchs it comes back with this Error:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_import_i18n_Translation-en%5fUS
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I would really appreciate it.
Thank You

[zerozero]

try this

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sudo rm -fv /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update

[lupgaru]

try this

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sudo rm -fv /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update

Thanks for quick reply, I tried it and this is what I got in Terminal:
stephen@lupgaru:~$ sudo rm -fv /var/lib/apt/lists/*
[sudo] password for stephen:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for stephen:
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_contrib_i18n_Translation-en'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_contrib_i18n_Translation-en.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_InRelease'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-en'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-en.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_non-free_i18n_Translation-en'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_dists_testing_non-free_i18n_Translation-en.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_multimedia_dists_testing_InRelease'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_multimedia_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_multimedia_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_multimedia_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_multimedia_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_security_dists_testing_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_security_dists_testing_updates_InRelease'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_security_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.linuxmint.com_latest_security_dists_testing_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_talkplugin_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_talkplugin_deb_dists_stable_Release'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_talkplugin_deb_dists_stable_Release.gpg'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/lock'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_import_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_import_i18n_Translation-en%5fUS'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_main_binary-i386_Packages'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fUS'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_Release'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_Release.gpg'
removed `/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.linuxmint.com_dists_debian_upstream_binary-i386_Packages'
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory
stephen@lupgaru:~$

Is there something else I should do or just try to update and see what happens?
Thanks

[zerozero]

now try to update

[lupgaru]

try this

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sudo rm -fv /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update

Update for zerozero
Thank You Sir, you can ignore my last reply/post. I didn't have to do anything else. 5 minutes after using your command my system updated itself and is now showing the Green Check Mark. If it wasn't for people like yourself, newbies would be lost!

[zerozero]

it's very kind of you, glad you got it solved.