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error message opening cache

Asked by Brian Carruthers

The update logo appeared on the top panel with the following error message:

E: Type '??????' (my admin password) is not known on line 36 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.

I've tried to correct the problem without succes.
I can't access the synaptic package manager

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Brian

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Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#1

what is in line 36 of the file /etc/apt/sources.list? Apparently it got added something it hsould have in it.

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Bruce Cowan (bruce89-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Could you post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list here.

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Brian Carruthers (bri) said : 		#3

Sorry, i'm quite new to Ubuntu...where would I find /etc/apt/sources.list?

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#4

In the file manager "nautilus" which you can get to via Places --> Home, choose "filesystem" on the left, then navigate to etc, then apt within that. Find sources.list and open it.

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Brian Carruthers (bri) said : 		#5

Thanks Alan!
here is the list
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

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

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main
deb-src http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main

sw33ng0


gpg --import key.gpg.asc
gpg --export --armor 521A9C7C | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

wget http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/key.gpg.ascwget http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/key.gpg.asc

Now what?

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#6

Thanks for posting the file contents.

Everything *after* the line

deb-src http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main

does not beling into this file.

You need to remove those lines and then reload the repository information, which you can do in the package manager you use.

I hope this helps

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Brian Carruthers (bri) said : 		#7

Thanks txwikinger, that solved my question.