Help!

[MiamiHF]

im trying to install TOR and Spotify but when i do apt-get update i get this error



linux@ubuntu:~$ apt-get update
E: Malformed line 62 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
linux@ubuntu:~$ apt-get install deb.torproject.org-keyring
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
linux@ubuntu:~$



can anyone help me ?

[Cheesemill]

You need to run the commands with root privileges. Try running...

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install deb.torproject.org-keyring

If you still get an error about line 62 then can you run the following command and post the output here....

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

[MiamiHF]

i fixed the apt-get update on line 62 but now im having another problem the problem that im having now is this. i have all the sources there but there not downloading when i do apt-get update even with SUDO


W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-updates/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-backports/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-security/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/precise/InRelease Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-powerpc/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-backports/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-security/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'repository.spotify.com'

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
linux@ubuntu:~$ ^C
linux@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install deb.torproject.org-keyring
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package deb.torproject.org-keyring
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'deb.torproject.org-keyring'
linux@ubuntu:~$
W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-updates/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-backports/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-security/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/precise/InRelease Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-powerpc/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-backports/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise-security/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ports.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'repository.spotify.com'

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
linux@ubuntu:~$ ^C
linux@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install deb.torproject.org-keyring
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package deb.torproject.org-keyring
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'deb.torproject.org-keyring'
linux@ubuntu:~$

[Cheesemill]

Can you post the contents of your sources.list please...

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

[MiamiHF]

Here you go thanks for the help btw


linux@ubuntu:~$ cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list
1 #
2
3 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release powerpc (20120423.2)]/ precise main restricted
4
5 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release powerpc (20120423.2)]/ precise main restricted
6
7 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
8 # newer versions of the distribution.
9 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise main restricted
10 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
11
12 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
13 ## distribution.
14 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-updates main restricted
15 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates main restricted
16
17 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
18 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
19 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
20 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise universe
21 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
22 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-updates universe
23 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe
24
25 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
26 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
27 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
28 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
29 ## security team.
30 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise multiverse
31 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
32 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-updates multiverse
33 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates multiverse
34
35 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
36 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
37 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
38 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
39 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
40 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
41 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
42
43 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-security main restricted
44 deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-security main restricted
45 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-security universe
46 deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-security universe
47 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-security multiverse
48 deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-security multiverse
49
50 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
51 ## 'partner' repository.
52 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
53 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
54 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
55 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
56
57 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
58 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
59 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
60 deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
61 deb-src http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
62 deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main
63 deb-src http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main
64 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
linux@ubuntu:~$