<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM, David McGlone <<a href="mailto:d.mcglone@att.net">d.mcglone@att.net</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 Wednesday 03 December 2008 9:48:54 pm uriah heep wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:48 AM, David McGlone <<a href="mailto:d.mcglone@att.net">d.mcglone@att.net</a>> wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 December 2008 11:31:10 pm uriah heep wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:22 PM, <<a href="mailto:lindsay.mathieson@gmail.com">lindsay.mathieson@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > Showing us the error would help a lot. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Lindsay Mathieson > > > > <a href="http://album.mathieson.org.nz/" target="_blank">http://album.mathieson.org.nz/</a> > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Original message --- > > > > Subject: edit source list /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > From: uriah heep <<a href="mailto:stan10x10@gmail.com">stan10x10@gmail.com</a>> > > > > To: <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > kubuntu-users mailing list > > > > <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> > > > > > > > > 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. > > <a href="http://www.dmcentral.net" target="_blank">http://www.dmcentral.net</a> > > > > When I try to edit I get the message I do not have permission to save You need to open the file as root. open konsole and type sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list Edit & Save. -- David M. <a href="http://www.dmcentral.net" target="_blank">http://www.dmcentral.net</a> -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> Worked fine thanks