Receive error message when trying to download Ubuntu 7.10 'Gutsy Gibbon':

Hi Garth and thanks for your question.

It seems that an error occured when Ubuntu was trying to update your local copies of package lists. You can do that manually by opening Synaptic (System » Administration » Synaptic Package Manager) and pressing Reload button. If this problem then reoccurs, let us know.

NOTE: If this solves your problem, do not forget to mark this question as Solved. Thank you.

Hello Riku,

When i did as you suggested, i received "an error occurred" and the following details:

W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_feisty-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_feisty-security_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_feisty-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)

What do you make of this?
Much appreciate the help,

Thanks,
Garth

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> Subject: Re: [Question #25834]: Receive error message when trying to download Ubuntu 7.10 'Gutsy Gibbon':
> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:26:48 +0000
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> Your question #25834 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/25834
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Riku Eskelinen proposed the following answer:
> Hi Garth and thanks for your question.
>
> It seems that an error occured when Ubuntu was trying to update your
> local copies of package lists. You can do that manually by opening
> Synaptic (System » Administration » Synaptic Package Manager) and
> pressing Reload button. If this problem then reoccurs, let us know.
>
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It would appear that you have duplicate sources.list entries.

pree alt-f2 to open the 'launch application' dialog box

type 'gedit /etc/apt/sources.list' and press enter

look for duplicate lines in this file.

Have you made any changes to this file in the past?

Hello Andy,

This is the material that came up when I did as you suggested. I have not made any changes to this file.

"deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

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

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## 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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe

## 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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted multiverse
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted multiverse
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security restricted main multiverse universe
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security restricted main multiverse universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian/ sid main"

thanks,
garth

cell: 204-470-7487

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> Subject: RE: [Question #25834]: Receive error message when trying to download Ubuntu 7.10 'Gutsy Gibbon':
> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:23:26 +0000
>
> Your question #25834 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/25834
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> andylockran proposed the following answer:
> It would appear that you have duplicate sources.list entries.
>
> pree alt-f2 to open the 'launch application' dialog box
>
> type 'gedit /etc/apt/sources.list' and press enter
>
> look for duplicate lines in this file.
>
> Have you made any changes to this file in the past?
>
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> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/25834/+confirm?answer_id=2
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
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Ok, looking at the latter section:

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted multiverse

is repeated:

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security restricted main multiverse universe

so first make a backup of this file (sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list-29-2-08)

then open the file and delete the first line of the last stanza:

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted multiverse

run apt-get update and see what errors come up - post any back to here.

It does look like your sources.list is not standard, therefore there's room for error. Please keep the backed up copy of the file in case any instruction should break aspects of your system.