The apt source list is not readable

[Steve]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:21 -0000, Steven Tuoto <uncleguido at online.de>  
wrote:

> Good Mornimng I have recieved the following indication from the system
>
> Ein unlösbares Problem ist während der Initialisierung der Package
> information aufgetreten.
>
> Bitte melden Sie einen Fehler im Paket »update-manager« und fügen Sie
> die folgende Fehlermeldung in den Fehlerbericht ein:
>
> 'E:Missgestaltete Zeile 5 in Quellliste /etc/apt/sources.list (»URI
> parse«), E:Die Liste der Quellen konnte nicht gelesen werden.'
>
> which I will translate for you: there exists an unrepairable problem
> during the initialising of the package manager/ update manager.
> E:deformed/broken line, line 5, in the source list The list of resources
> could not be read
>
> I have atempted to remadie this problem with the f command but i
> appearently had written it incorreclty and was unable to use this
> function.
>
> I would appreciate any help in the matter
>
> respectfull
>
> Steven " uncleguido" Tuoto
>

Try renaming sources.list
	mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.corrupt

and then recreating sources.list using System > Administration >Software  
Sources

-- 
Steve

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