Medibuntu error "invalid url"

[Mark_in_Hollywood]

Clean install of Karmic. All updates performed. While installing ANY Medibuntu package, the following comes on screen, no matter what package is selected. That is, selecting Googleearth returns the following:

"Invalid url: 'apt://googleearth/' given, exiting

it does not matter which package I click, all return the Invalid url error. If I select gizmo5, then the error reads: "Invalid url: 'apt://gizmo5/' given, exiting. And the same for ALL the medibuntu packages.

I've quadruplechecked the install as given at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

that being:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list \
--output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list &&
sudo apt-get -q update &&
sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring &&
sudo apt-get -q update

and all I get is the same error message.

Looking at the System/Admin/Software Sources/Other Software I see:
Medibuntu-Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic koala" free non-free

and the same line with (source) after it.

Netsearching for "invalid url", medibuntu, karmic shows nothing useful.

I posted about this 5 days ago. I received one response only, telling me that the trailing / was the problem. It's not, see the screenshot. He also ssid to use Syn. Pkg. Mgr., apt-get, aptitude, etc. I've tried those, too. No success.

[jbrown96]

It looks like one of the lines in /etc/apt/sources.lst is messed up. Post the output of
cat /etc/apt/sources.lst

[oldos2er]

Medibuntu seems to be working here. Do you have apturl installed?

[Mark_in_Hollywood]

It looks like one of the lines in /etc/apt/sources.lst is messed up. Post the output of
cat /etc/apt/sources.lst

mark@Lexington-19-karmic:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5)]/ karmic main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

[Mark_in_Hollywood]

I removed the # from the backports lines & now things are good. Thank you, community.


mark@Lexington-19-karmic:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5)]/ karmic main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main