Updating Ubuntu 8.10 failed

[spnoe]

I have a problem with the update manager. I am not knowlageable enogh to correct this problem.

Any help please.

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Type 'e' is not known on line 41 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list, E:The list of sources could not be read.'

[avtolle]

Please post your /etc/apt/sources.list here.

[spnoe]

Please post your /etc/apt/sources.list here.

I tried putting etc/apt/sources.list in the terminal but the reply was command not found. What am I doing wrong?

Steve

[tad1073]

try this


sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

[spnoe]

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main

## 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://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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.

## 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-src http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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 intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
e

[tad1073]

remove the

e
from the very bottom

[spnoe]

remove the

e
from the very bottom

I removed the e and tried to save but a message says I do not have permission.

I am sorry to be such a pain but I do appreciate your help.

Thanks
Steve

[bruno9779]

are you sure you wrote "sudo" before "Gedit"?

[kpatz]

Type gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list in Alt-F2 or a terminal.

Enter your password when prompted.

Remove the stray "e", save and exit.

Re-run the update manager, or type sudo apt-get update in a terminal.

[spnoe]

are you sure you wrote "sudo" before "Gedit"?
I tried again and this time it worked.

Thanks to all of you who offered help. Much appreciated.

Steve