[ubuntu-za] apt sources problem

[Hilton Gibson]

How now thou Lord Foom !
Sorry my jest.
Interesting google email use.

On 16 July 2012 12:04, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:

> maybe try something like:
>
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list | sort | uniq > /path/to/new/file
>
> to remove duplicates ?
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Percy Langa <percylanga at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 2012/07/16 11:44 AM, Bill Cairns wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Percy - I assume that is /etc/apt/sources.list?
> >
> > Yep :) Apologies for the typo. This is because I am not sitting in front
> of
> > a linux machine *grin*
> >
> >>
> >> (Quite heavy finding duplicates!)
> >
> > I assume you did the backup already :) Now try opening the file as root
> in
> > gedit, kedit or other gui text editors. Any luck?
> >
> > Alternatively, paste the content of the sources.list file here.
> >
> >
> > Percy
> >
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