Cannot open Adept or update Konsole

Asked by Tom Ronayne

When I try to open Adept or write a command in Konsole I get the following error message:

E: Malformed line 55 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (absolute dist)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

I'm afraid none of this means anything to me.

Tomar

Source.list below

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.1)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

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

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## 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
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

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

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
# deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jauntyfree non-free
deb http://packages. medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said :
#1

As you can also see thanks to the link highlighting on this page the last line of your sources.list has a space to much. Replace

deb http://packages. medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

with

deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

and it should work.

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Tom Ronayne (tomarramot) said :
#2

Thanks for the advice Philip.
Problem is, I am so new to this that I don't know how to replace that line.
Sorry.

Tomar

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Best Philip Muškovac (yofel) said :
#3

Open up a terminal (gnome) or konsole (kde) and type:

gnome:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

kde:
sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

enter your password

remove the space and save the file.

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Tom Ronayne (tomarramot) said :
#4

Thank you Philip.
Worked perfectly.
Tomar