Dodgy sources.lst

WLReed · 06-07-2006, 04:10 PM

Using Ubuntu Dapper Drake I somehow lost my ability to update the system.
The message Http://kde/ubuntu.com is not known on first line 1 source list /etc/apt/sources.list. What is causing this? How do you edit files and directories using a terminal? Thanks

pljvaldez · 06-07-2006, 04:27 PM

It sounds like that is the wrong address for the kubuntu repositories. Did you follow this guide? Make sure your sources.list matches the one in the guide.

kbrown3074 · 06-07-2006, 05:04 PM

I manually added the Dapper repositories and had the same problem. There was some kind of BS extra character that was somehow added. When I removed that, everything worked fine.

Gezzer · 06-07-2006, 05:45 PM

open a terminal & write
sudo gedit
press enter

then browse to the /etc/apt/sources.list

you can edit it from there ...

brianthegreat · 06-08-2006, 09:37 AM

http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic

That link will help you create a sources list. Be careful regarding the repos that you choose though and you might need to deal with GPG keys but there are directions at the top of the list.

WLReed · 06-10-2006, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gezzer

open a terminal & write
sudo gedit
press enter

then browse to the /etc/apt/sources.list

you can edit it from there ...

This solved the problem. Thanks

Nylex · 06-10-2006, 11:33 AM

Could you possibly use helpful thread titles in future please? Don't use "Urgent" in titles either, as your thread is no more urgent than anyone else's and also people can only respond when they have the time to do so.

XavierP · 06-10-2006, 03:14 PM

Thread title now reflects the correct urgency level.