edit source list /etc/apt/sources.list

[uriah heep]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:48 AM, David McGlone <d.mcglone at att.net> wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 December 2008 11:31:10 pm uriah heep wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:22 PM, <lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  Showing us the error  would help a lot.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Lindsay Mathieson
> > > http://album.mathieson.org.nz/
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Original message ---
> > > Subject: edit source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> > > From: uriah heep <stan10x10 at gmail.com>
> > > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > Date: 03/12/2008 2:29 AM
> > >
> > > Some how I got an error on a line in sources.list which is causing apt
> > > and synaptic not to work.  I need to to know how to remove the error.
>  I
> > > am quite new at this and quite ignorant.
> > >
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> > > Here it is
> >
> > E: Type 'wget' is not known on line 37 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> > E: The list of sources could not be read.
> > Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
> > E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
> >
> > From the little I know it seems I need to delete the error line but i do
> > not know how to edit the file.
>
> At first don't delete it, just comment it out by putting a " # " in front
> of
> the line that you think needs deleting. If everything works Ok then delete
> it.
>
> by looking at sources list, you should be able to figure out the line
> format
> and distinguish what belongs and what doesn't
> --
> David M.
> http://www.dmcentral.net
>
> When I try to edit I get the message I do not have permission to save
>
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