E: Malformed line 62 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse) E: The list of sources could not be read.

[Steven Vollom]

On Monday 10 August 2009 09:48:52 pm clay weber wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > I just attempted to install Kooka and got the above error message.  I
> > also got the same error when attemtping "sudo apt-get install updates"
> > and "sudo apt- get install safe upgrades".  When I attempt to open
> > /etc/apt/sources.list, the Kpackagekit application opens ubuntu software
> > window.
>
> How are you opening /etc/apt/sources.list, with kate?
> You will need to use "kdesudo kate" to open and edit the file manually.
>
> please open it with kate, and paste the contents in your reply here
>
> Most likely you mis-typed a line when you added a new repository.
> Sometimes you can see the error by looking at the third-party repository
> section in kpackagekit, but your error is telling you the *exact* line
> that it can't understand so kate is probably the easier tool
>
> > In the box at the
> > bottom it says, "To install from a CD-ROM or DVD, insert the medium into
> > the drive".  Do they mean the Jaunty installation CD, or what?  Thanks!
>
> Ignore that
>
> > Steven
>
> clay
Dear Clay,

I typed this into the CLI:  kdesudo kate /sources.lst.  It opened kate and had 
sources.lst in the left column, but the page otherwise was blank.  I could not 
see line 62 at all or any other printed data.  I must be doing something 
wrong.

Steven

Steven