Fix ‘E: The package cache file is corrupted, it has the wrong hash’ Error In Ubuntu

Today, I tried to update the repository lists in my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS desktop and got an error that says - E: The package cache file is corrupted, it has the wrong hash. Here is what I run from the Terminal and its output:

$ sudo apt update

Sample output:

Hit:1 http://it-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://it-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease 
Hit:3 http://it-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease 
Hit:4 http://it-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease 
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/alessandro-strada/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease 
Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/leaeasy/dde/ubuntu bionic InRelease 
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu bionic InRelease 
Ign:6 https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian stable InRelease 
Get:9 https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian stable Release [3,674 B]
Fetched 3,674 B in 3s (1,196 B/s) 
Reading package lists... Done
E: The package cache file is corrupted, it has the wrong hash

After couple Google searches, I found a workaround to fix this error.

If you ever encountered with this error, don't panic. Just run the following commands to fix it.

Warning: Before running the following command, double check you have added "*" at the end. It is very important to add at the end of this command. If you don't add it, it will delete the entire /var/lib/apt/lists/ directory and there is no way to recover it. You have been warned!

$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

Now I tried again to update the system using command:

$ sudo apt update

This time it works!! Hope this helps.