Buster update Error

[DB8XP]

I get an error when updating.
Maybe someone might take a look at this when they get a chance?
Thanks in advance
Per, DB8XP

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Welcome to Pi-Star: v4.1.6

pi-star@pi-star(ro):~$ rpi-rw
pi-star@pi-star(rw):~$ sudo pistar-update && sudo pistar-upgrade
Updating OS...

Get:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease [32.6 kB]
Get:2 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB]
Get:3 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease [46.7 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster/main armhf Packages [391 k
B]
Fetched 485 kB in 4s (109 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency 21
E: Error occurred while processing librte-pmd-pfe20.0 (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dist
s_buster-backports_main_binary-armhf_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency 21
E: Error occurred while processing librte-pmd-pfe20.0 (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dist
s_buster-backports_main_binary-armhf_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Done

[KN2TOD]

Have you tried running the update again? Many times, these kinds of errors are transitory and self-correcting.

If that doesn't fix matters, try this:

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sudo -s
dpkg --clear-avail
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* --force
exit

And then rerun your updates.

ref: <https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... ds-906264/>

[DB8XP]

Yes, that's exactly how it seems to be.
I had tried it on several days, but now it works again - thank you!

[AF6VN]

Debian could have been in the middle of updating that repository (note that buster-backports is NOT hosted by the Raspberry Pi organization, but is direct to Debian).