installing applications

[Cheatah 0#@!^]

> > I'm mailing this problem of mine for the third time, but no response,
> > i'm not able to install any new applications due to this problem. pls
> > help.
> >
> >
> > When i try to select "ADD or REMOVE........." from the k-menu in my
> > kubuntu 6.06 it shows an error message like this-
> > "The APT Database could not be opened! This may be caused by incorrect
> > APT configuration or some similar problem. Try running apt-setup and
> > apt-get update in terminal and see if it helps to resolve the
> > problem".
> > i also tried it in the terminal, the error message there is that it
> > cant find lib.....
> > what is the problem?? how can i solve it??
> >
>
> Are you running the program with root privleges ?
>
> sudo apt-get update
> passwd:
>
>
>
> yes i am. the error message reads like this-
> E: Type 'libxine-extraodec' is not known on line 1 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.

Can you post your /etc/apt/sources.list please? Sounds like it has
become scrambled somehow.

-Eamonn


here is my /etc/apt/sources


libxine-extraodec
libxine-extraodec

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## 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://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## 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://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe