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Whenever I try to install any software from ubuntu software centre, I receive a message saying "cannot do that"enter image description here

click on the above link to see the image that I get

When I choose to download it from terminal it says:

E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_snwh_pulp_ubuntu_dists_xenial_InRelease (1)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

What do I suppose to do and first of all please tell me why this error is occurring?

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refer to this , it seems u too have a 'classic' snap issue askubuntu.com/questions/923021/… – aradhyamathur Oct 15 '17 at 8:37
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Run this command in terminal

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

And Then 

sudo apt update

I think your /var/lib/apt/lists/ files are corrupted So You Can delete them to regenerate them.

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when i entered your first command it says: unable to resolve, and further rm: cannot remove '/var/lib/apt/lists/*': No such file or directory. what to do? – pranav mishra Sep 19 '17 at 13:05
    
ok.Then Manually delete all files in /var/lib/apt/lists and then do sudo apt update – SMIT PATIL Sep 19 '17 at 17:35
    
That actually worked for me on Ubuntu 17.04! – opu 웃 Nov 27 '17 at 14:32

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