Thanks. I'm glad to get the package manager running again. And it turned out not to be a security thing after all. Actually, I didn't mess up the rest of that source file. Inelegant as it is, that's what installs in Intrepid by default.
the only problem still is that the packages I've downloaded won't install. I went the Medibuntu route after downloading the ubuntu package from skype didn't work, nor did opera. Both supposedly failed because my PC haas the wrong architecture. I have a dual core intel chip, so I had downloaded the 386 architecture. Same with the w32 and libdev2 packages downloaded from medibuntu. I'm surprized and somewhat comfused. Jane. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 20:34:59 +0000 > Subject: [Bug 305564] Re: update manager crashes on source list > > The last line in the file: > deb http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list maint. > This is wrong. > Since your sources.list is really long and confusing, I'd recommend to delete > the content of that file. In order to do that, type > sudo gedit > in a Terminal and open the file, delete all the content and save. > Then make a new sources.list as described in: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu > After that you can add the Medibuntu repository as described in: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu > If you have any questions, feel free to ask. :) > > -- > update manager crashes on source list > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305564 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “update-manager” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: update-manager > > 'E:Malformed line 61 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The > list of sources could not be read.' > > It's probably as much a human engineering bug as an update manager bug. I > wanted to add medibuntu to my repositories. I was able to add several > repositories about a month ago on a hardy machine (I'm a noob), but didn't > jigger/parse the code right this time. When I got the error message, I > wanted to take out my offensive addition, but couldn't because clicking on > synaptic just got me the update manager error message. Closing it is the only > option (I tried just clicking the X, but with the same closure/disappearance > problem). Dummyproofing anyone? > > Release: 8.10 > Can't check synaptic for package version and apt-cache policy packagename > produces > W: Unable to locate package packagename _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 -- update manager crashes on source list https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305564 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
