Synaptic

[Andrew Mathenge]

Sorry for the late reply Laurie. Did you get rid of that pubkey error?
I got rid of mine by running the following command at a console.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo
apt-get update

Andrew.

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>  I got synaptic working again. I'm getting the same pubkey error when I try
> to reload the packages.How did you resolve yours?
>  Thanks Laurie
>
> 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, May 30, 2008 11:01:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Synaptic
>
> Hi Laurie,
>
> I added the Medibuntu repositories to my installation to see if I
> could duplicate your problem. I'm getting a very different error. The
> error I'm getting is:
>
> W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy Release: The
> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
> not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783
>
> I think I can solve this by installing the key from the link you used.
>
> The file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list has only one line. In
> my file it reads:
>
> deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free
>
> Andrew.
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>  That's what I did,and the error came up. I tried a second time with the
>> same result.
>> Laurie
>>
>> 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: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:53:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: Synaptic
>>
>> Hi Laurie,
>>
>> Perhaps you can try replacing the
>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list file using the instructions at:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
>>
>> Basically, you'll have to type two lines at the command prompt:
>>
>> sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O
>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>>
>> then
>>
>> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo
>> apt-get update
>>
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Kirk Bridger <kbridger at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> Sorry, that's not quite right.  I'm not familiar with Medibuntu (which it
>>> looks like you are running?)
>>>
>>> Attach the file called medibuntu.list in the "/etc/apt/sources.list.d"
>>> directory.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kirk
>>>
>>>
>>> Kirk Bridger wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, no problem.
>>>
>>> Can you reply and attach a file called "sources.list" in a the directory
>>> called "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list"?
>>>
>>> Kirk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Laurie Bell wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Kirk,
>>>  I opened software sources,but after that I was lost.Not enough
>>> experience.
>>>  Thanks Laurie
>>>
>>> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Kirk Bridger <kbridger at shaw.ca>
>>> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:52:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Synaptic
>>>
>>> Hi Laurie,
>>>
>>> It looks like your sources.list file, which is used by Synaptic to know
>>> what
>>> repositories to use, isn't in the expected format.  Maybe it has been
>>> changed by some other application?
>>>
>>> I see 2 ways of fixing this.
>>>
>>> 1 - System -> Administration -> Software Sources
>>> This is a GUI way to editing the file (/etc/apt-sources.list).  Try
>>> opening
>>> this GUI up and making sure the first entry is valid.  Maybe even try
>>> unchecking it.  It looks like it will start with the text "--18:22:06--"
>>> or
>>> something.  If that works, try editing the unchecked one until it more
>>> closely resembles the rest of them (they all start with either "deb" or
>>> "deb-src" FYI)
>>>
>>> 2 - Edit the file /etc/apt-sources.list manually using Gedit (you'll need
>>> to
>>> get root access to save any changes).  Look at the first entry that isn't
>>> a
>>> comment (again, likely starting with "--18:22:06--") and edit it until it
>>> looks like the others.  Once that is done, save it and open Synaptic
>>> again.
>>>
>>>
>>> Let us know how it goes.  If really stuck send us a copy of your
>>> sources.list file
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Kirk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Laurie Bell wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone,Synaptic won't open it has an error.Below is the error.
>>>
>>>  E: type '--18:22:06--' is not known on line 1 in source list
>>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>>> E: the list of sources could not be read.
>>> Go to repository dialog to correct the problem.
>>> E:_cache->open( ) failed.
>>>
>>> I have Hardy running on an older machine,and that is okay. Unfortunately
>>> it
>>> hasn't got DVD burner.
>>>  The one I'm having trouble with is a dual boot with Vista.I need this
>>> for
>>> my DVD's. I don't know of a way to remove Hardy and re install without
>>> doing
>>> Vista all over again.
>>> Would love to get synaptic back. Any help will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks Laurie
>>>
>>> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>>>
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