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KpackageKit

Asked by Buyongo Phiri

Hi there folk,
My Kpackagekit program does not want to work error message as follows "The package list needs to be rebuilt.
This should have been done by the backend automatically." I reckon somethings amiss cos it was working earlier on. Also I'm assuming that there is another installer other than Kpackagekit where can I find it. I'm running the new kubuntu 9.04 if I'm not mistaken

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Dominik Stadler (dominik-stadler) said : 		#1

For the error message, you can try to run the following command in a terminal window (i.e. application konsole)

 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

If you want to try another package-tool, you can try to use Synaptics.

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Buyongo Phiri (buyongo) said : 		#2

After much fiddling with the system last night I got a message which I figure is what is buggering my system: http://packages.medibuntu.org/karmic/mplayer.htmlhttp://packages.medibuntu.orgdeb' is not known on line 55 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list. I have tried with every last will in my bones to get rid to this line but to no avail. Also when I type in su terminal or Konsole request my password which I can never seem to be able to type in, oh yeah thanks Dominik sudo apt-get upgrade should work under normal circumstances but... HELP somebody

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Best Dominik Stadler (dominik-stadler) said : 		#3

There is no "su", usually you use "sudo <command>" to execute single commands as superuser. It will ask for a password, but this will be the password of the normal user, not the superuser!

I think your sources.list file might be corrupted. Seems there is a problem with one of the entries.

Please try to execute
 sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
or
 sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

and comment out the entries for medibuntu at line 55 in this file.

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Buyongo Phiri (buyongo) said : 		#4

Thanks Dominik Stadler, that solved my question.