I messed up, how do I do a system repair?

[michaelfougnie]

Ubuntu 7.10. When ever I try to open Synaptic Package Manager or Add/Remove Applications, it comes up with this error:

E: Type '<!DOCTYPE' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

[dicecca112]

this should fix it http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3595003

[Zorael]

edit: Well, mine was a workaround, above poster's was a fix. Ignore me.

Hmm, sounds like you just need to rename or delete /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list.

$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
$ sudo mv medibuntu.list medibuntu.list.disabled

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[michaelfougnie]

this should fix it http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3595003

Thank you!