<div>On 3/8/07, Graham <<a href="mailto:gct3@blueyonder.co.uk">gct3@blueyonder.co.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:54:37 -0500 Matthew Flaschen <<a href="mailto:matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu">matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu</a>> wrote: > Post your /etc/apt/sources.list > > Matt Flaschen Thanks Matt, here it is: [SNIP] ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb <a href="http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/">http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</a> edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src <a href="http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/"> http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</a> edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse [SNIP] </blockquote></div> This looks odd... It should be just 2 lines (but might be wrong becaus of the GMAIL way of breaking lines), but the lines must start with the "deb" part. I'm not sure abut the /ubuntu/ part, but I'd leave it out... Try this instead: deb <a href="http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/">http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/</a> edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src <a href="http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/">http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/</a> edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse Cheers Philipp Bieber -- "We need a president who's fluent in at least one language." -- Buck Henry