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

[Steve]

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:49:39 -0000, Mischa Falkenburg  
<because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:23:43 -0000, Mischa Falkenburg
>> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Mischa
>>>
>>>
>> No need for a restart, for future reference.
>>
>> In a terminal run
>>
>> sudo apt-get update
>>
>> this will use the new sources.list, and post the results.
>>
>>
> $ sudo apt-get update
> [sudo] password for michael:
> E: Malformed line 50 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist)
>
> Mischa
>
Make a backup of the file

sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

then create a new clean sources.list by starting Software Sources and  
ticking the first 4 boxes on the Ubuntu Software tab. Select the Updates  
tab and tick Important security updates & Recommended updates. Then click  
close, you should get a box with 'The information about available software  
is out-of-date', click Reload.

If no errors occur you can then run sudo apt-get upgrade and report any  
error that produces.


Good Luck :-)


-- 
Steve