Skype Installation Problems

[ibjsb4]

Comment out (#) lines 56 and 57.

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Make a backup first:

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.old

[Bob_Lade]

ibjsb4

: After I comment out lines 56 and 57 what would be the next step? I'm so new to Terminal and forgot all the Unix I once know that I'm reading frantically to re-learn the commands. so I'll make a copy of the list and comment out the lines. Then what? by the way, I appreciate the time you are taking to help me...

-Dr. Bob

[ibjsb4]

Do an update after, that one problem should now be cleared. Please ask questions, glad to explain

[newb85]

I believe lines 56 through 59 should have "ubuntu" after the "http://archive.canonical.com/" (with no space between) similar to line 50.

[Bob_Lade]

ibjsb4: OK, I'll make a copy of the list, comment out lines 56 and 57. Then do an "update" How do I do the update? (sorry for the stupid questions, I've only been running Linux for about 20 hours now so I'm pretty green.)

-Dr. Bob

[newb85]

 sudo apt-get update

[ibjsb4]

ibjsb4: OK, I'll make a copy of the list, comment out lines 56 and 57. Then do an "update" How do I do the update? (sorry for the stupid questions, I've only been running Linux for about 20 hours now so I'm pretty green.)

-Dr. Bob

No problem

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

Here's a handy list:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ap...nance_commands

[ibjsb4]

You also have manuals installed by default.

man apt-get

or try this

man man

Use your arrow keys.

Put "man" then name of package

[Bob_Lade]

OK, now when I do an gedit I get a black screen with black text. is there a way to change the text or bg color so i can see what I'm trying to edit?

[ibjsb4]

OK, now when I do an gedit I get a black screen with black text. is there a way to change the text or bg color so i can see what I'm trying to edit?

Thats another problem that needs to be resolved, but first lets get you updated. An update can solve problems. So lets just use another editor instead of "gedit" just use "nano" editor.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Nano

Do backup first

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.old