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'Error in /etc/apt/sources.list'

Asked by nishi

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 8.04, getting an error when trying to access "Add/Remove" utility, like mentioned in the attached screen shot. Please if u can assist me over here and also tell me what wrong I have done with the system.

Thanks,
Nishi

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This question was originally filed as bug #247961.

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nishi (nishi02) said : 		#1
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Vladimir Osintsev (osintsev) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at [WWW] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see [WWW] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

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Vladimir Osintsev (osintsev) said : 		#3

The base Hardy installation contains the correct sources.lst file.
Please attach your /etc/apt/sources.list file, more likely it is contains a syntax error.

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nishi (nishi02) said : 		#4

Hi, the problem has been solved, I found some unwanted entries in sources.list & deleted them on my own risk n its working fine now.

Thanks for your support!

nishi :)