Dean Sas wrote: > STONE COLD wrote: >> hi, >> i need some help. I accidentaly deleted some repositories and now im getting >> this error message.. and a constant little red box on the top toolbar ( >> informing me of an error). here is the error message: >> >> E: Type ‘/etc/apt/sources.list’ is not known on line 30 in source list >> /etc/apt/sources.list >> E: The list of sources could not be read. >> Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem. >> E: Type ‘/etc/apt/sources.list’ is not known on line 30 in source list >> /etc/apt/sources.list >> E: Unable to lock the list directory >> >> I have no idea what this means..i got this after putting >> "/etc/apt/sources.list" in repostories, add , custom. I put in there...no >> idea what it means! Please help!!! > > You probably want your /etc/apt/sources.list file to look like this: > > deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy main restricted universe > multiverse > deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-updates main restricted > universe multiverse > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main restricted > universe multiverse > > This adds the base packages plus security and feature updates of all > components (supported/unsupported, free and non-free) I should point out that this assumed you're using edgy, if not swap everywhere it says "edgy" to "dapper" (or whichever release you are using)
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