Ubuntu Software Center will not load and cannot be removed

Posted by Drew Z. on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Drew Z.
Published on 2012-11-20T03:33:36Z Indexed on 2012/11/20 5:13 UTC
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My Ubuntu Software Center has stopped working and I have been trying to uninstall/re-install it. This is the error that I repeatedly keep receiving:

drew@drew-Aspire-5750:~$ sudo apt-get remove software-center

[sudo] password for drew: Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. drew@drew-Aspire-5750:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove software-center Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. drew@drew-Aspire-5750:~$

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

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