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Old 05-05-2011, 06:06 PM   #1
junichimataji
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Unhappy help i cant update my software manager!!!!


please somebody assist me in updating my software manager.....

here is the bug detail:

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:Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)'...thanks a lot

Last edited by junichimataji; 05-05-2011 at 06:08 PM. Reason: to be more specific about the problem
 
Old 05-05-2011, 06:22 PM   #2
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Please post the contents of the file /etc/apt-sources.list. Please use code-tags for this (the #-button in the post-editor).
 
  


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