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Could not initialize the package information

Asked by Ivo Hampsink

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I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Type '--2010-12-27' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list, E:The list of sources could not be read.'

From this point I could not get into update manger any more?
What could be the problem?

the contents of winehq.list is:
--2010-12-27 00:11:11-- http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/intrepid.list
Resolving wine.budgetdedicated.com... 93.174.106.66
Connecting to wine.budgetdedicated.com|93.174.106.66|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2010-12-27 00:11:11 ERROR 404: Not Found.

thx, Ivo

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Nitesh Mistry (mistrynitesh) said : 		#1

Can you please Copy-Paste the contents of the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list ?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You could just delete the file and add the wine ppa using the commands at the bottom of this page:
http://www.winehq.org/download/deb

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Ivo Hampsink (iggejo) said : 		#3

hi actionparsnip,
the file winehq.list can not be deleted.
it's a read only file, and permissions are not allowed to modify.
i used the rm command, trying to delete the file?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Use
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

And it will delete.

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Ivo Hampsink (iggejo) said : 		#5

Hi Nitesh,
thanks for your reply.
I attached below, the content of the file: winehq.list

--2010-12-27 00:11:11-- http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/intrepid.list
Resolving wine.budgetdedicated.com... 93.174.106.66
Connecting to wine.budgetdedicated.com|93.174.106.66|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2010-12-27 00:11:11 ERROR 404: Not Found.

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Ivo Hampsink (iggejo) said : 		#6

Hi Actionparsnip,
The delete has worked fine now, thanks for this
by adding the wine ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa, it came with folowing message;

The information about available software is out-of-date
To install software and updates from newly added or changed sources, you have to reload the information about available software.
by RELOAD, following message; ( i have network connection)
Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/ppa-name/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Not sure if above message is acceptable

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Ok then click reload. The commandline way is massively easier and what i actually advised..

You need to find where the repo in your previos post is being referenced and remove it

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Ivo Hampsink (iggejo) said : 		#8

problem solved wrt bringing update manager 'alive'.
Removing the file did the trick

messages about repository not found is still there, but I need to have a closed look what's going on...