I'm having a problem with the Application Manager too!

I really don't have any experience adding repositries or anything like that as i've only used the App Manager a few times...

Last week (when in Venice on a foreign wifi hotspot) i loaded it to look for a compass app, since then (now home) i get "Operation failed" with this in the log:

"hildon-application-manager 2.2.71
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/downloads.maemo.nokia.com_fremantle_ssu_205_._Pack ages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened."

When i try the first step mentioned above i get the following:

"~ $ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory"

I've not installed a modified desktop or anything like that i know of (havn't added anything for months).

Apologies asim786 for hijacking this thread