Read package lists... Error

sometimes we may encounter the error info below when using apt-get:

Reading package lists... Error!

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

E: Problem with MergeList  /var/lib/apt/lists/ ...

E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

 

we can run two commands below in the terminal:

sudo rm -f  /var/lib/apt/lists/* 

sudo apt-get update

done!