i have just run apt-get update and got the following: Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en Fetched 12.7 MB in 2min 33s (82.5 kB/s) *Reading package lists... Done* *W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)/ precise/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.04%20LTS%20%5fPrecise%20Pangolin%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20120423)_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages) * *W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)/ precise/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.04%20LTS%20%5fPrecise%20Pangolin%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20120423)_dists_precise_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) * *W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems* corrected the duplicate entry by unselecting them from ubuntu software centre/software sources. hope that helps On 1 May 2012 12:12, scoundrel50a <scoundrel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/05/12 12:02, Alan Bell wrote: > >> because I am nice, here it is: >> http://people.ubuntu.com/~**alanbell/screenshots/** >> Screenshot%20from%202012-05-**01%2009:46:55.png<http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/screenshots/Screenshot%20from%202012-05-01%2009:46:55.png> >> >> medibuntu has broken stuff in the past, not sure if that relates to your >> current issue. >> >> Alan. >> >> > Thank you, I really appreciate the help......when I run sudo apt-get > update&&apt-get dist-upgrade at the end of it, about 10 of those errors > come up, so its not just one........ > > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise/main > amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise_main_binary-amd64_**Packages) > > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise/universe > amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise_universe_binary-amd64_**Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise/restricted > amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise_restricted_binary-**amd64_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise/main > i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise_main_binary-i386_**Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise/universe > i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise_universe_binary-i386_**Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise/restricted > i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise_restricted_binary-**i386_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-updates/restricted > amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-updates_restricted_** > binary-amd64_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-updates/restricted > i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-updates_restricted_** > binary-i386_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-backports/restricted > amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-backports_restricted_** > binary-amd64_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-backports/multiverse > amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-backports_multiverse_** > binary-amd64_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-backports/restricted > i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-backports_restricted_** > binary-i386_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-backports/multiverse > i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-backports_multiverse_** > binary-i386_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-security/restricted > amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-security_restricted_** > binary-amd64_Packages) > W: Duplicate sources.list entry > http://archive.ubuntu.com/**ubuntu/<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>precise-security/restricted > i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive. > **ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_**precise-security_restricted_** > binary-i386_Packages) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Invalid operation dist > > That is what I gett, and once that has finished, the update pricess stops, > and I can only update using update manager > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> >
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