in whonix-gw vbox tried to update/upgrade the repos and got this:
user@host:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade && sudo apt remove --purge && sudo apt autoclean
Hit:1 tor+https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit:2 tor+https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease
Hit:3 tor+https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease
Hit:4 tor+https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports InRelease
Hit:5 tor+https://deb.kicksecure.com bullseye InRelease
Hit:6 tor+https://deb.whonix.org bullseye InRelease
Hit:7 tor+https://fasttrack.debian.net/debian bullseye-fasttrack InRelease
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency 21 of python3-purl:all=1.5-2
E: Error occurred while processing python3-purl (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_bullseye_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
user@host:~$
I found this solution:
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
And it worked.