Synaptic

[Andrew Mathenge]

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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