E: Encountered a section with no Package: header, E: Problem with MergeList , type sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf

E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy-updates_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

To solve this problem :

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