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davejm73
December 6th, 2012, 08:35 AM
Hi there

After trolling the www as to how to install Skype onto 10.04.4 LTS after Ive had to reinstall, Ive had absolute no luck.

Can anyone please tell me how to do this without confronting more issues, such as my latest being:

'E:Malformed line 54 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.'

Many Thanks
D

zombifier25
December 6th, 2012, 09:09 AM
Your /etc/apt/sources.list was corrupted somehow. Can you post the output of the command:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

davejm73
December 6th, 2012, 09:12 AM
david@david-laptop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20120214.2)]/ lucid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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 lucid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

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

zombifier25
December 6th, 2012, 10:05 AM
Remove the last two line of the file /etc/apt/sources.list . Open it for editing by typing this command:

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Then update your software sources:

sudo apt-get update
Then try installing Skype from the repo:

sudo apt-get install skype

davejm73
December 6th, 2012, 10:11 AM
YAY.....THANK YOU

Much appreciated and GREAT help

D

mörgæs
December 6th, 2012, 10:14 AM
Good, please mark the thread 'solved'.