[ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

Mon May 25 13:24:47 BST 2009

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On 05/25/09 13:09, John wrote:
> Harry Rickards wrote:
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>>>> On 05/24/09 18:52, John wrote:
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>>>>>> On 05/24/09 18:13, John wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On 05/24/09 10:43, jakewc2 wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Hi, well, in my looking roundd to try get this working, I'm still not
>>>>>>>>> able to get the flash video working in FF. Doing a apt-get update, this
>>>>>>>>> has appeared in the terminal.
>>>>>>>>> =====================================================================================
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>>>>>>>> <snip messages>
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>>>>>>>>> I tried running apt-get update to correct it like it says and I still
>>>>>>>>> get that. I still have some missing repositories, that I dont that have
>>>>>>>>> some of the programs I need.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just found this out trying to follow the e-mail Alan sent about adding
>>>>>>>>> the extra's. I cant ad them, because it says they are there.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How do I get around this?
>>>>>>>>> John
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>>>>>>>>> On 23/05/2009, *John* <jakewc2 at sky.com <mailto:jakewc2 at sky.com>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>     For some reason and I think this might be the eason I cant get the
>>>>>>>>>     flash videos to work, it seems I am missing my Local Repositories. I
>>>>>>>>>     am not sure why. I am only guessing this because I cant find a few
>>>>>>>>>     of the video and music installations, plus, when I check what I have
>>>>>>>>>     on my netbook against what is on my laptop in VM they dont seem to
>>>>>>>>>     be there. I have looked in the repositories software sources, but
>>>>>>>>>     they arent there. Nor are they in the Synaptic package Manager
>>>>>>>>>     either. I have installed everything I can find in the Medibuntu
>>>>>>>>>     rep's. Is there anywhere else I can look to find them?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     I still cant play any flash vids at all. Its really strange.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     John.
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>>>>>>>> What's the contents of your sources.list? (Open up a terminal and type
>>>>>>>> cat /etc/apt/sources.list). If possible, try pasting it to PasteBin
>>>>>>>> (pastebin.com) instead of here.
>>>>>>>> - -- 
>>>>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>>>>> Harry Rickards
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>>>>>>> Hi Thank you for your message. I did that, and I got an even longer 
>>>>>>> error message when updating Synaptic.
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>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/d2ca2d1d2
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>>>>>>> Is there anyway to get rid of the duplicates? Plus, for some reason, the 
>>>>>>> only place that the whole list of repositories appears is when you call 
>>>>>>> it in the Terminal. It doesnt show in either the Synaptic or the 
>>>>>>> Software Sources box. I though if you added something to both, it should 
>>>>>>> show in both.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Its seems a bit of a mess at the moment.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John.
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>>>>>> It should display in both yeah. I did reply to your other message with
>>>>>> the Pastebin link, but here it is again:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Try using this instead (pastebin won't let me post it, apparently it's
>>>>>> spam):
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>>>>>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted universe
>>>>>> multiverse
>>>>>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty restricted main
>>>>>> multiverse universe
>>>>>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted
>>>>>> universe multiverse
>>>>>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates restricted main
>>>>>> multiverse universe
>>>>>> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
>>>>>> deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
>>>>>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted
>>>>>> universe multiverse
>>>>>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security restricted
>>>>>> main multiverse universe
>>>>>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-proposed restricted main
>>>>>> multiverse universe
>>>>>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-proposed restricted
>>>>>> main multiverse universe
>>>>>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports restricted main
>>>>>> multiverse universe
>>>>>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports restricted
>>>>>> main multiverse universe
>>>>>> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
>>>>>> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
>>>>>> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
>>>>>> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> - -- 
>>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>>> Harry Rickards
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>>>>> Hi, I added those that gave above, but still got that message, and it 
>>>>> keeps saying run apt-get update and when I do, that list still appears. 
>>>>> Since adding that list you gave me the warning of duplicate repositories 
>>>>> has got bigger.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry my mistake, not good with explanations.
>>>>>
>>>>> John
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>>>> That's alright, I'm not the best at explaining sometimes either. Try
>>>> making a backup of your sources.list (sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list
>>>> /etc/apt/sources.list.bak) and then just putting the following line in
>>>> your sources.list:
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>>>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main
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>>>> Then run apt-get update.
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>>>> - -- 
>>>> Many thanks
>>>> Harry Rickards
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>>> Hi, Ijust did that no, and th repositories added more that have become 
>>> duplicate.I need to to be able to removethe duplicates. This is a bit 
>>> confusing.
>>>
>>> John.
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>>>     
>> I'm afraid I've run out of ideas then. Just out of interest, does the
>> problem still occur if you use aptitude (aptitude update)?
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>> Sorry for not being of more help
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>> - -- 
>> Many thanks
>> Harry Rickards
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> Hi, I have not used aptitude update, do I just use those words? Not hear 
> of that before.
> 
> John
> 
Yeah, aptitude is the newer version of apt-get. People either hate it or
love it, but it's now the recommended package manager on Debian (which
Ubuntu is sorta based on). To use it with the CLI interface, just use it
the same way as apt-get but with apt-get instead of aptitude.

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Many thanks
Harry Rickards

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