Odd error screen.

[Boosh007]

For the last six or seven months, I've been receiving an error screen whenever it's time to download or update my system. It always comes up with a, "Close" box attach. It didn't really bother me until now. It's currently preventing me from upgrading my system to both Ubuntu 12 from 10 and getting the Netflix fix. It's apparently interrupting downloads of certain files and programs at random. The message reads;

W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/licid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_b inary-i386_Packages)

What would be the easiest way to fix this?...

[Cheesemill]

Can you post the output of...

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

There is a duplicate line in that file that needs deleting. Once we know which one I can give you the steps needed to fix it.

[Boosh007]

1 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
2 # newer versions of the distribution.
3
4
5 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
6 ## distribution.
7
8 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
9 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
10 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
11
12 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
13 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
14 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
15 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
16 ## security team.
17
18 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
19 ## repository.
20 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
21 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
22 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
23 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
24 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
25 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
26 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
27
28 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
29 ## 'partner' repository.
30 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
31 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
32 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
33 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
34
35 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main universe restricted multiverse
36 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security universe main multiverse restricted
37 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates universe main multiverse restricted
38 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-backports universe main multiverse restricted

[ibjsb4]

For some reason you have karmic in your lucid sources list. Comment out (##) those four karmic sources and update.

To edit your sources.list:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

To update:

sudo apt-get update

Your update should come back error free. If not, please post any errors.

[Boosh007]

okay...now I get:

E: Type '1' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: Type 'n' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-lucid.list

[ibjsb4]

Please post/repost the output of:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[Boosh007]

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ehoover/compholio/ubuntu lucid main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
# channel for the karmic (9.10) partner channel
#
#:description:This channel contains the partner software for karmic
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# channel for the karmic (9.10) partner channel
#
#:description:This channel contains the partner software for karmic
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# channel for the karmic (9.10) partner channel
#
#:description:This channel contains the partner software for karmic
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# channel for the lucid (10.04) partner channel
#
#:description:This channel contains the partner software for lucid
# channel for the lucid (10.04) partner channel
#
#:description:This channel contains the partner software for lucid
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# channel for the lucid (10.04) partner channel
#
#:description:This channel contains the partner software for lucid
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu lucid main #SMPlayer
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu lucid main #SMPlayer
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sevenmachines/flash/ubuntu lucid main #Adobe Flash (x86-64)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sevenmachines/flash/ubuntu lucid main #Adobe Flash (x86-64)
deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free #Swiftfox
deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free #Swiftfox
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu lucid main #Ubuntu Tweak Stable Source
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu lucid main #Ubuntu Tweak Stable Source
n
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu lucid main

AND

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
1 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
2 # newer versions of the distribution.
3
4
5 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
6 ## distribution.
7
8 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
9 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
10 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
11
12 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
13 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
14 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
15 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
16 ## security team.
17
18 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
19 ## repository.
20 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
21 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
22 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
23 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
24 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
25 ##deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
26 ##deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
27
28 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
29 ## 'partner' repository.
30 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
31 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
32 ##deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
33 ##deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
34
35 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main universe restricted multiverse
36 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security universe main multiverse restricted
37 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates universe main multiverse restricted
38 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-backports universe main multiverse restricted

[ibjsb4]

Ok, lets get your PPAs out of the picture

sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d /etc/apt/sources.list.d.old

sudo apt-get update

Any errors?

[Boosh007]

sudo apt-get update
E: Type '1' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list

[Boosh007]

I think I may have fixed it. I took out the number "1" on line one and re-ran the update. I got a message similar to the first but it said Type "2" was the problem. So I removed the number two and so forth. When I got down to line 5 I just deleted all the numbered lines from the list. I think it updated, because the system is telling that I have some 39 things to update now, where before I could only get an excuse why I couldn't do anything before.

sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [57.3kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [143kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [474kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [58.3kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release [58.3kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages [5,357B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages [2,867B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release [57.3kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages [291kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [668kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages [11.5kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages [4,630B]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/universe Packages [7,125B]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/main Packages [124kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/multiverse Packages [14B]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/universe Packages [56.1kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/main Packages [19.0kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/multiverse Packages [1,378B]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/restricted Packages [14B]
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