Let's try to clear up the 'partial' error first. Be very careful with these commands:

Code:

sudo rm -vf /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/*  # Remove files in 'partial'
sudo rm -vf /var/lib/apt/lists/*  # Remove package lists in 'lists'
sudo apt-get update
If you are still getting a 'status' error, try restoring a backup copy of the file:
Code:

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.0715
sudo cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo apt-get update