just came across a big update problem

[rollinsmoke]

I may have posted this in the wrong section if i have my apologies




hi i dont know what if anything i have done other then update but it seems as though my sources.list file has become screwed up but heres my error message

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:Malformed line 57 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)'



i will post my sources list here


# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427.1)]/ natty main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted

## 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-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.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates multiverse

## 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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security 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 oneiric partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/repository/ubuntu oneiric
cairo-dock


any help will be greatly and i do mean greatly appreciated ive scowed the Internet for three days to try and find some kind of fix for this and have came up with plenty of fixes but none that work for me

[zvacet]

Let lines

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

look like

#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

or remove them from source list.After that save file and run


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

[drmrgd]

Let lines

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

look like

#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

or remove them from source list.After that save file and run


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Is it those lines, or is the the lone hanging cairo-dock line? I think you just need delete the line containing cairo-dock and you'll be OK.

[cortman]

The error refers to line 57, which is the line containing the cairo-dock repo. If indeed the words "cairo dock" are on their own line, they need to be put on the line with the repository address. Otherwise, you may want to put a hash mark (#) at the start of the line, or delete it.

[plucky]

Problem [Solved] at link = http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1926203

[oldos2er]

Closed, duplicate.