Syntheic Package Manager Error

[msohn88]

I tried to install Skype through Terminal, but somehow I messed up my SPM.

E: Type '--2009-02-26' 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.

Solutions?

[Elfy]

There is an error in the file Type '--2009-02-26' is not known on line 1

I would remove the file and start again


sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

If you want to fix the line then open for editing and don't use the rm command above, otherwise miss this bit and move on to the sudo wget command


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Each line should start either deb or deb-src - it is likely that the whole file is wrong.

Use this to add the medibuntu list for intrepid from a terminal


sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Then add the key


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

If you are not running intrepid get the corresponding line for your version here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Adding the Repositories

[msohn88]

Do I type first two in the terminal?

I get

min@min-laptop:~$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediubuntu.list
[sudo] password for min:
rm: cannot remove `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediubuntu.list': No such file or directory

[Elfy]

Typing commands out is good as long as you type the right thing - it's medibuntu not mediubuntu :)

If you're not sure then copy and paste