Synaptic

Sat Dec 22 14:04:33 UTC 2007

I agree with Eric. That's line 56 and that could be the problem.

Andrew.

On Dec 22, 2007 8:15 AM, Eric Cyr <1ballistic1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Correct me if I'm wrong here, but you may only be missing a slash...
>
> deb http://www.linuxmint.com/repository/romeo/ apt-get update
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2007 12:54 AM, Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > buntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main
> > restricted
> > # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade
> > to
> > # newer versions of the distribution.
> >
> > deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
> > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
> >
> > ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> > ## distribution.
> > deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
> > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main
> > restricted
> >
> > ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
> > Ubuntu
> > ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as
> > to
> > ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> > ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
> > security
> > ## team.
> > deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
> > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
> > deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
> > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
> >
> > ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
> > Ubuntu
> > ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as
> > to
> > ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> > ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
> > ## security team.
> > deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
> > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
> > deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
> > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
> >
> > ## 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 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main
> > restricted universe multiverse
> > # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main
> > restricted universe multiverse
> >
> > ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
> > ## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
> > ## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to
> > Ubuntu
> > ## users.
> > deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
> > deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
> >
> > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
> > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
> > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
> > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
> > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
> > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
> > deb http://www.linuxmint.com/repository romeo/ apt-get update
> >
> > UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Andrew Mathenge <mathenge at gmail.com >
> > To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:56:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: Synaptic
> >
> > Hi Laurie,
> >
> > Looks like the file is there.
> >
> > Can you run the command:
> >
> >         gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
> >
> > Do you get anything?
> >
> > Second thing, the command to print out the path should be like this:
> >
> >       echo $PATH
> >
> > the word PATH has to be in UPPERCASE. It's important in Linux.
> >
> > If you can get gedit to open the file (/etc/apt/sources.list), you can
> > copy and paste the contents when  you reply.
> >
> > Andrew.
> >
> > On Dec 21, 2007 9:59 PM, Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > laurie at bouduin-desktop:~$ cd /etc/apt
> > > laurie at bouduin-desktop:/etc/apt$ ls -l
> > > total 28
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-11-25 12:55 apt.conf.d
> > > -rw------- 1 root root    0 2007-10-15 19:18 secring.gpg
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3108 2007-12-21 19:16 sources.list
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-10-15 16:40 sources.list.d
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3048 2007-11-25 14:45 sources.list.save
> > > -rw------- 1 root root 1200 2007-10-15 19:18 trustdb.gpg
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2393 2007-10-15 19:18 trusted.gpg
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2381 2007-10-15 19:18 trusted.gpg~
> > > laurie at bouduin-desktop :/etc/apt$ echo $path
> > >
> > > laurie at bouduin-desktop:/etc/apt$
> > >
> > > urie at bouduin-desktop:~$ echo $path
> > >
> > > laurie at bouduin-desktop:~$
> > >
> > >
> > > Echo does nothing.Am I doing Something wrong?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: R. Wood < rw at ncf.ca>
> > > To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:32:03 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Synaptic
> > >
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > Hash: SHA1
> > >
> > > Allegedly, on Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 09:25:04PM -0500, Andrew Mathenge
> > > stated:
> > > > So you have a dual-boot system right? But you're currently booted
> > > into
> > > > Ubuntu.
> > > >
> > > > Well, try the following:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Open a Terminal
> > > > 2. Type in the following command to switch to the /etc/apt folder
> > > >
> > > >            cd /etc/apt
> > > >
> > > > 3. Type in the following command to get a list of the files there
> > > >
> > > >            ls -l
> > > >
> > > > 4. Copy the output of this command from the Terminal and paste it in
> > > the
> > > > reply email to the list so that we can see what's there
> > > >
> > > > 5. Also, type in the following command:
> > > >
> > > >            echo $PATH
> > > >
> > > > 6. Copy the output of that command and send it as well.
> > > >
> > > > Let's see where we go from there.
> > > >
> > > > Andrew.
> > >
> > > Well said -- thanks for saving me an email  :-)
> > >
> > > Have Fun with GNU/Linux,
> > > Raymond
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