sane

[Steven Vollom]

On Thursday 13 August 2009 11:55:44 am Roy Smith wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > On Monday 10 August 2009 06:51:27 pm clay weber wrote:
> >> Steven Vollom wrote:
> >>> On Monday 10 August 2009 03:45:02 am Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
> >>>> Mandag den 10. august 2009 kvad David McGlone:
> >>>>> On Sunday 09 August 2009 06:00:30 pm Clay Weber wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sunday 09 August 2009 05:55:27 pm Steven Vollom wrote:
> >>>>>>> I have tried to install sane so that I can scan.  I have
> >>>>>>> installed
> >>>>>
> >>>>> using
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> Kpackagekit; I have installed using a CLI, and although it
> >>>>>
> >>>>> shows as
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> installed, in Kpackagekit, it does not open when I Press Alt+F2
> >>>>>
> >>>>> and enter
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> sane.  It does not show in the menu either.  Thanks!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Steven
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> You need to install skanlite or Xsane for scanning, as sane
> >>>>>> itself
> >>>>>
> >>>>> does not
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kooka is better.
> >>>>
> >>>> And discontinued.
> >>>> <http://kooka.kde.org/>
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards :o)
> >>>>
> >>>> Johnny :o)
> >>>
> >>> Kooka would not download?  I have used it in the past and like it.  Can
> >>> you advise further?  Thanks!
> >>> Steven
> >>
> >> Kooka has not been available since Hardy as it is old and not
> >> maintained, which is why I did not suggest it. Xsane has a lot of
> >> features, while Skanlite is a bit simpler in its interface. I usually
> >> install both
> >>
> >>
> >> clay weber
> >
> > steven at Yeshua:~$ less sources.list
> > sources.list: No such file or directory
> > steven at Yeshua:~$ sudo apt-get install skanlite
> > [sudo] password for steven:
> > E: Malformed line 62 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse)
> > E: The list of sources could not be read.
> > steven at Yeshua:~$
>
> Have you tried loading up the /etc/apt/sources.list into a text editor
> to see what's wrong with that line?  If you're not sure what it's
> supposed to be, you could always post the contents of
> /etc/apt/sources.list here and someone can tell you how to fix it.  It's
> possible that line 62 of your sources.list may not be the same as
> everyone else's, so that's why we need to see the contents of yours.

Dear Roy,

Thank you for so many thoughtful responses.  I have found how to get the right 
page.   I posted my page, and on line 58, I put a # sign in front of the line 
and saved it.  I am not sure how to further correct the problem.  I noticed 
after applying the # to the line, that after the word 'deb' in that line came 
a '>' before an http:// address.  That '>' was different from the entries above 
it, but I don't know if the computer added that when I pressed the '#' sign, 
or if it was there before.  If it wasn't there before, it may be the error 
that is stopping things.  Thanks for your continued patience.

Steven