frankleeee
December 12th, 2008, 08:07 AM
So I installed Jaunty with the desktop CD no problems. I then started the usual adding of programs from add remove for media codecs etc. I made the mistake of trying to add the medibuntu repository and key to the apt source list while the add remove was installing. So now I can't access synaptic update or open add remove. I have run the
sudo dpkg --configure -a and the sudo apt-get install -f commands all correctly I believe.
Here is the error I get from trying to open add remove.
This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.
Here is the error from synaptic
E: Type '--2008-12-11' 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.
Here is the error from the software sources which mentions medibuntu which is not in the apt/sources.list any more
E: Type '--2008-12-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
E: Unable to lock the list directory
I have also reloaded the apt source list from the CD
Since I have never had to rely on error logs I have no clue what to look for.
This is a dual-boot along with intrepid for interest in jaunty, so a reinstall is no problem, I have nothing on this laptop besides the programs. I am not sure how to just overwrite the jaunty install again and save the intrepid if possible.
sudo dpkg --configure -a and the sudo apt-get install -f commands all correctly I believe.
Here is the error I get from trying to open add remove.
This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.
Here is the error from synaptic
E: Type '--2008-12-11' 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.
Here is the error from the software sources which mentions medibuntu which is not in the apt/sources.list any more
E: Type '--2008-12-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
E: Unable to lock the list directory
I have also reloaded the apt source list from the CD
Since I have never had to rely on error logs I have no clue what to look for.
This is a dual-boot along with intrepid for interest in jaunty, so a reinstall is no problem, I have nothing on this laptop besides the programs. I am not sure how to just overwrite the jaunty install again and save the intrepid if possible.