Synaptic package manager crashes ......
 

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_earth_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.


This is the problem if i give in apt-get install updates

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


this should solve the above problem ......