[xubuntu-users] Update-Manager package error message (WAS: Network Issue)

[Mischa Falkenburg]

Mischa Falkenburg wrote:
> Ron Rhodes wrote:
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>> Mischa Falkenburg wrote:
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>>> J. Anthony Limon wrote:
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>>>> Steve wrote:
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>>>>> On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:27:46 -0000, Mischa Falkenburg  
>>>>> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
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>>>>>>>  > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
>>>>>>>  > deb http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./ deb-src
>>>>>>>  > http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./
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>>>>>>> deb http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./ deb-src
>>>>>>> http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./
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>>>>>>> This last line seems to be the problem. You should replace it with..
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>>>>>>> deb http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy
>>>>>>> deb-src http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy
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>>>>>>> (Sorry if this gets seen twice, I had SMTP issues.)
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>>>>>> I've tried editing the last two lines of /etc/apt/sources.list to match
>>>>>> what J. Anthony suggested, but the edit doesn't seem to want to "take".
>>>>>> Ideas?
>>>>>> Mischa
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>>>>> You have to use sudo to edit sources.list
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>>>> Yes, this is correct. sources.list is part of the system files and only 
>>>> sudo can access it for security purposes.
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>>> OK, Steve & J. Anthony...HOW do I go about doing this?
>>> I've tried opening a terminal and I'm shown, rightly so, that 
>>> /etc/apt/sources.list isn't a command. Do I need to copy and paste it 
>>> into a terminal window, or is there (yet another) some other way that I 
>>> will learn?
>>> Mischa
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>> Open terminal and type "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list"
>> Enter password and file will open in the nano text editor where you can 
>> edit and save it.
>> HTH Ron
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> HI Ron, thanks for joining the fray ;-)
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> OK, I've edited the lines to match the other lines (removed the .\'s, 
> and put each (deb & deb-src)on it's own line.
> I assumed that this would call for a restart, which I did, but the red 
> circle w/ the white minus still shows on the top bar. Should I have done 
> something else instead of restart...or is the editing incorrect and I 
> should have left the .\'s in place?
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> Mischa
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This is what shows up now if I try to use U-M,

> E: Malformed line 50 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist)
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
Mischa