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not able to connect to packages.freecontrib.org

Asked by Dark Destroyer

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

While typing sudo apt-get update many errors are shown in gnome terminal :
Err http://packages.freecontrib.org dapper Release.gpg
Err http://packages.freecontrib.org dapper/non-free Translation-fr
W : Impossible de récupérer http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntuplf/dists/dapper/Release.gpg
W :Impossible de récupérer http://packages.freecontrib.orf/ubuntu/plf/distsdapper/free/il8n/Translation-fr.bz2
E: Impossible de verrouiller /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open
E: Impossible de verrouiller le repertoire d'administration (/var/lib/dpkg)

I need help!

Thx
Best regards

DD

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 5 22:55:25 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: gnome-terminal 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

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Dark Destroyer (adiallo79) said : 		#1
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) 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 https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

http://packages.freecontrib.org is down.
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

Dapper Desktop is EOL.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes#6.06

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

Since you run 9.10 Karmic Koala and in order to avoid conflicts in package management, consider to clean up your sources.list.
Remove all lines including "dapper".
You can do this via CLI or via system administration -> software sources -> third party
Make sure not to run more than one package management app at the same time, lets say like
Synaptic + Software Center
Update Manager + apt-get.

Option to generate clean sources.list
http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/

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