Problems when checking for updates

[sarina]

Hi Friends,

I made some mistake when downloading and installing dansguardian, tinyproxy and firehol. After setting up the firewalls now I get error messages when getting updates. I tried researching the forum regarding this error and tried some things but nothing worked. Any help will be greatly appreciated. :) (Working on Ubuntu 11.10)

Thanks!,
Sarina


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Error message from Update Manager:

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 '--2012-02-26' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuce.list'

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Error message from Synaptic:

E: Type '--2012-02-26' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuce.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.


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Ubuntuce.list file:

--2012-02-26 14:39:49-- http://ubuntuce.com/repos/Ubuntu_CE/apt/sources.list.d/lucid_i386.list
Resolving ubuntuce.com... 199.187.126.218
Connecting to ubuntuce.com|199.187.126.218|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 54 [text/plain]
Saving to: `lucid_i386.list'

0K 100% 2.36M=0s

2012-02-26 14:39:55 (2.36 MB/s) - `lucid_i386.list' saved [54/54]


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sources.list file

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110426)]/ natty main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110426)]/ 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/ natty main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-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/ natty universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-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/ natty multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-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 natty partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty 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 natty main
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric universe main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security universe main
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe main

[sarina]

Forgot to add the lucid_i386 file created in my /home/sarina directory.

#deb http://ubuntuce.com/repos/Ubuntu_CE/ lucid_i386/


Thanks for your assistance!

Sarina

[plucky]

Post output from a terminal for
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuce.list

Your sources.list file is mixing Natty and Oneiric Repositories which is not a good idea.

Go Here (http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/) and generate a sources.list for your oneiric install.


Forgot to add the lucid_i386 file created in my /home/sarina directory.

#deb http://ubuntuce.com/repos/Ubuntu_CE/ lucid_i386/


What does that mean?

Is it supposed to be a repository?

What is it supposed to do?


E: Type '--2012-02-26' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuce.list


The Ubuntuce.list is incorrect.

[sarina]

I included the ubuntuce.list data in my original post:

--2012-02-26 14:39:49-- http://ubuntuce.com/repos/Ubuntu_CE/lucid_i386/ (http://ubuntuce.com/repos/Ubuntu_CE/apt/sources.list.d/lucid_i386.list)
Resolving ubuntuce.com... 199.187.126.218
Connecting to ubuntuce.com|199.187.126.218|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 54 [text/plain]
Saving to: `lucid_i386.list'

0K 100% 2.36M=0s

2012-02-26 14:39:55 (2.36 MB/s) - `lucid_i386.list' saved [54/54]


Ubuntu CE is a Christian Edition of Ubuntu. I do not care for that distro. I just wanted to get a gui for dansguardian and it messed up my sources.list. I don't know why it created the lucid_i386.list in my home directory.

I did what you suggested and generated a source.list for my current Ubuntu version (11.10). Replaced it but keep getting the same error message stated above. It seems that the app (update manager/synaptic) is trying to get the sources from the Ubuntu CE repository, bypassing the sources.list. I'm not sure what's going on. I'm still researching.

Thanks.

[sarina]

:D

Thanks for your assistance. I replaced the sources.list file with the one generated by http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/, deleted ubuntuce.list and backup from sources.list.d directory and added the gpg keys. Now updates and installations are working fine.

Your assistance was invaluable. Thanks a lot!!

Regards,
Sarina