Mint 10 package manager

[Albert Wagner]

On 05/03/2011 05:51 PM, David Musgrave wrote:
> After failing to get Ubuntu 11.04 installation to complete my wireless
> connection I have reverted to Mint 10 and after deciding to upgrade to
> the Mint DVD version the package manager stopped working
>
>   E: Type '“deb' is not known on line 10 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>
> I can reinstall Mint if all else fails! but hope to upgrade to Mint 11
> when available shortly.
>
> Thanks
> David
>
I suspect you have more time than you think.  Mint doesn't release raw 
code like Unity.