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

luni@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt install curl
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Splitting of file /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_xenial-updates_InRelease failed as it doesn't contain all expected parts 0 1 0
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

解决方法

luni@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -rf
luni@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update

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

原文：https://www.cnblogs.com/huanyinglvtuan/p/12391486.html