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Old 03-09-2010, 06:08 AM   #1
greek45
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unable to update ubuntu 9.04


The following message appears when trying to update re: subject 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 5 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.'
pls help

Last edited by greek45; 03-09-2010 at 06:10 AM.
 
Old 03-09-2010, 07:15 AM   #2
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Please post the first ten lines of the file /etc/apt/sources.list
 
Old 03-10-2010, 02:41 AM   #3
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cannot update ubuntu 9.04

here is the list you requested
thanks
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090420.1)]/ jaunty main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb Greece jaunty main restricted
deb-src Greece jaunty main restricted

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

deb Greece jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src Greece jaunty-security main restricted
deb Greece jaunty-security universe
deb-src Greece jaunty-security universe
deb Greece jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src Greece jaunty-security multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main universe restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security universe main restricted
 
Old 03-10-2010, 02:54 AM   #4
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I suspect that every entry of "Greece" should probably be "http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/"

Cheers,

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