Hi, I'm new to ubuntu

[Max Brown]

thanks a lot for the the help, but when i put sudo
cat /etc/apt/sources.list into my terminal and i was asked for my
password my terminal said that there was no such file or directory, is
my problem that I'm running 7.10?

On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 07:55 -0400, Fred Roller wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 04:21 -0400, Max Brown wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this is where i'm supposed to post questions, but i have
> > found that i can't use the add/remove programs feature because every
> > time i try to update my lists after i hit reload i get an error message
> > 
> > "Could not download all repository indexes
> > 
> > 
> > The repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted
> > because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed
> > index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your
> > network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in
> > the preferences."
> > 
> > underneath this there is a list of url's 
> > if you can help please shoot me an email, it would make this the perfect
> > operating system, if that worked. 
> > 
> > if this is the wrong place to post shoot me an email and let me know,
> > sorry.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> How new?  Do you know how to open a terminal software and run commands
> from the command line (cli)?  If not then:
> 
> click on:
> Applications->Accessories->Terminal
> 
> you should see a new window open with a prompt similar to:
> 
> froller at metis:~$
> 
> from here you can run the command as previously suggested:
> 
> froller at metis:~$sudo cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> at which point it will ask for a password (your log in password)
> 
> [sudo] password for froller:
> 
> at which point a bunch of information will fly by, just scroll back up
> to the password prompt and highlight from their down. Right click and
> "copy".
> 
> paste and post here.  This will let us know if you have everything setup
> correct in the repositories.
> 
> Welcome to Ubuntu.  You are correct, it's a great OS.
> 
> -- 
> Fred R.
> www.fwrgallery.com
> 
> "Life is like Linux - simple; if you are fighting it, you are doing
> something wrong."
> 
> 
>