an error occured on updates

[briancb]

After trying running the script to install medibuntu in software sources I now have this error and cannot update anything.


E: Type ‘<!DOCTYPE’ is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
E: Unable to lock the list directory

also

E: Type ‘<!DOCTYPE’ is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

what do I do?:confused:

[jrasmussen0]

Can you copy the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list ?

[briancb]

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted multiverse

## 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
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
# deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security restricted main universe

[briancb]

This is what I get when I try to update:

[briancb]

Better this:

[briancb]

This is what I placed in terminal it caused all the problems:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

I was following the instructions at:

http://www.zaphu.com/2008/05/30/ubuntu-guide-installing-media-codecs-for-flash-dvd-quicktime-mov-mp3-wmv-wma-and-acc-mp4-m4a-playback/

I tried to correct the problem by deleting anything that refered to medibuntu.

Hope this helps someone to sort my problem please.

[avtolle]

Did you also add the GPG key? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Adding%20the%20Repositories for information.

[briancb]

I started again using the links on the page you directed me to and this solved the problem thank you.

[briancb]

Now I have the problem that my important security updates in sources will not accept a tick

[avtolle]

Yes, that's a bug that has been talked about on this Forum. It appears that you have the security repository enabled, so there should not be any problem with you receiving security updates (I got some yesterday, IIRC, and I don't have the security sources thing ticked, nor can I do so).

[briancb]

Thank you again