[ubuntu-uk] Duplicate sources list

scoundrel50a scoundrel50a at gmail.com
Tue May 1 11:12:18 UTC 2012


On 01/05/12 12:02, Alan Bell wrote:
> because I am nice, here it is:
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/screenshots/Screenshot%20from%202012-05-01%2009:46:55.png 
>
>
> medibuntu has broken stuff in the past, not sure if that relates to 
> your current issue.
>
> Alan.
>

Thank you, I really appreciate the help......when I run sudo apt-get 
update&&apt-get dist-upgrade at the end of it, about 10 of those errors 
come up, so its not just one........

W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise/main amd64 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise/universe amd64 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_universe_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise/restricted amd64 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise/main i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise/universe i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise/restricted i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-backports_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-backports_multiverse_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-backports_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-backports_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
precise-security/restricted i386 Packages 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Invalid operation dist

That is what I gett, and once that has finished, the update pricess 
stops, and I can only update using update manager



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