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sameerkof
April 30th, 2011, 01:10 PM
Hello
source file
was adding screenlets and this happened :D
using 11.04

E: Type 'ain' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.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.

Any solutions ?

plucky
April 30th, 2011, 01:12 PM
Hello
source file
was adding screenlets and this happened :D
using 11.04

E: Type 'ain' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.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.

Any solutions ?

Post from a terminal
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.list

matt_symes
April 30th, 2011, 01:12 PM
Hi

Open a terminal and copy and paste


cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.list

Copy and paste the output back here.

EDIT:

@plucky. Beaten to it. Please, this is yours :D

Kind regards

sameerkof
April 30th, 2011, 01:17 PM
Post from a terminal
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.list


nothing happen after runing this cmd still update manager giving this error
'E:Type 'ain' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.list'

sameerkof
April 30th, 2011, 01:24 PM
Hi

Open a terminal and copy and paste


cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.listCopy and paste the output back here.

EDIT:

@plucky. Beaten to it. Please, this is yours :D

Kind regards

output

sameerkof@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-natty.list
ain
sameerkof@ubuntu:~$

sameerkof
April 30th, 2011, 01:31 PM
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:screenlets/ppa
sudo apt-get update
i just run these to cmds in terminal and everything gets back to normal.


thanks for helping :) :popcorn: