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red circle error can not open synaptic or software center

Asked by lisa

hi followed a link and these sets of questions, few typos but corrected them. please help!

lisa@lisa:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 108, in <module>
    cache = apt.Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 102, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 145, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: W:Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension, E:Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for lisa:
lisa@lisa:~$ grep proxy /etc/enviroment
grep: /etc/enviroment: No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
lisa@lisa:~$ echo $http_proxy

lisa@lisa:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

lisa@lisa:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
lisa@lisa:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
lisa@lisa:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS"
lisa@lisa:~$ uname -a
Linux lisa 3.2.0-58-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 17:40:43 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo cp -arf /vaar/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
cp: cannot stat `/vaar/lib/dpkg': No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/avaliable /var/lib/dpkg/avaliable-bad
mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/dpkg/avaliable': No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /varlib/dpkg/available-bad
mv: cannot move `/var/lib/dpkg/available' to `/varlib/dpkg/available-bad': No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/*.bin
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Error!
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Type '--2014-01-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playoonlinux.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Error!
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Type '--2014-01-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playoonlinux.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f
apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.16 for i386 compiled on Nov 15 2013 15:33:45
Usage: apt-get [options] command
       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
       apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
   update - Retrieve new lists of packages
   upgrade - Perform an upgrade
   install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
   remove - Remove packages
   autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
   purge - Remove packages and config files
   source - Download source archives
   build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
   dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
   dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
   clean - Erase downloaded archive files
   autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
   check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
   changelog - Download and display the changelog for the given package
   download - Download the binary package into the current directory

Options:
  -h This help text.
  -q Loggable output - no progress indicator
  -qq No output except for errors
  -d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
  -s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
  -y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
  -f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
  -m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
  -u Show a list of upgraded packages as well
  -b Build the source package after fetching it
  -V Show verbose version numbers
  -c=? Read this configuration file
  -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Error!
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Error!
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Type '--2014-01-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playoonlinux.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Step 5 in the following procedure clearly states that you need to copy-paste, not type in the commands manually:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

Please try copy-pasting the commands one by one instead of trying to type them.

This will prevent typing mistakes and help avoid getting the errors seen in the Terminal output above.

I am pretty sure that the following commands were mistyped (not copy-pasted) and not properly executed:

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad

sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

You also need to run this command (copy-paste the command, do not type it in):

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playon*

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#3

ok ill will do that and re-post results....

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#4

heres the output......

lisa@lisa:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 108, in <module>
    cache = apt.Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 102, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 145, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: W:Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension, E:Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for lisa:
lisa@lisa:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
lisa@lisa:~$ echo $http_proxy

lisa@lisa:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

lisa@lisa:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
lisa@lisa:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
lisa@lisa:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS"
lisa@lisa:~$ uname -a
Linux lisa 3.2.0-58-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 17:40:43 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/dpkg/status': No such file or directory
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Type '--2014-01-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playoonlinux.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Type '--2014-01-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playoonlinux.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
lisa@lisa:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
N: Ignoring file 'playonlinu.,list' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Type '--2014-01-11' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playoonlinux.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
lisa@lisa:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/libreoffice-4-1/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/some-ppa.list

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu precise main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu precise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/libreoffice-prereleases/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/playoonlinux.list

     1 --2014-01-11 15:33:33-- http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_precise.list
     2 Resolving deb.playonlinux.com (deb.playonlinux.com)... 37.187.89.171, 2001:41d0:a:31ab::1
     3 Connecting to deb.playonlinux.com (deb.playonlinux.com)|37.187.89.171|:80... connected.
     4 HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
     5 Length: 45
     6 Saving to: `playonlinux_precise.list'
     7
     8 0K 100% 1.24M=0s
     9
    10 2014-01-11 15:33:33 (1.24 MB/s) - `playonlinux_precise.list' saved [45/45]
    11

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/libreoffice-4-0/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

     1 deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ precise main
     2

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/tualatrix-ppa-lucid.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu precise main #Ubuntu Tweak Stable Source disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/someppa-ppa-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/someppa/ppa/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ricotz-testing-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/testing/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-testing-ppa-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak-testing/ppa/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/gnome3-team-gnome3-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu precise main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu precise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-ppa-name-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/ppa-name/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to precise

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe multiverse restricted multiverse
     2 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe main multiverse restricted
     3 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe main multiverse restricted
     4 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports universe main multiverse restricted
     5
     6 deb http:// archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
     7 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
     8
     9 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
    10 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
    11
    12
    13 deb-src http://deb.playonlinux.com/ precise main
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playon*

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

There is a lot of junk in the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Run these commands:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

sudo apt-get update

After that, everything should be ok....

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#6

lisa@lisa:~$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
[sudo] password for lisa:
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu Release.gpg
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu Release
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner TranslationIndex
Get:4 http://deb.playonlinux.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:5 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release [11.9 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release [7,078 B]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Ign http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise TranslationIndex
Get:8 http://deb.playonlinux.com precise Release [1,724 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:12 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [8,130 B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise i386 Packages
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner i386 Packages
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Get:14 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources [4,878 B]
Get:15 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [10.8 kB]
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner Translation-en_GB
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner Translation-en
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise Translation-en_GB
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise Translation-en
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http://deb.playonlinux.com precise Release
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Err http://deb.playonlinux.com precise/main Sources

Err http://deb.playonlinux.com precise/main Sources

Err http://deb.playonlinux.com precise/main Sources

Err http://deb.playonlinux.com precise/main Sources

Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [94.5 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
Err http://deb.playonlinux.com precise/main Sources
  404 Not Found
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [377 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [1,274 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,650 B]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [4,620 B]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [74 B]
Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en [168 kB]
Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en [1,299 B]
Get:29 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en [1,253 B]
Get:30 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en [56.1 kB]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages [4,796 kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages [121 kB]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages [8,431 B]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex [3,706 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex [2,676 B]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex [2,596 B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex [2,922 B]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [236 kB]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [769 kB]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [769 kB]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [14.4 kB]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [11.5 kB]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [3,564 B]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [2,605 B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [2,461 B]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [2,850 B]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [37.7 kB]
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [4,811 B]
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [5,178 B]
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [70 B]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_GB [96.4 kB]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en [726 kB]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en_GB [79.8 kB]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en [93.4 kB]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en_GB [2,406 B]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en [2,395 B]
Get:61 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en_GB [5,492 B]
Get:62 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en [3,341 kB]
Get:63 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en_GB [96.4 kB]
Get:64 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en [334 kB]
Get:65 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB [79.8 kB]
Get:66 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en [8,293 B]
Get:67 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB [2,406 B]
Get:68 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en [2,663 B]
Get:69 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en_GB [5,492 B]
Get:70 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en [135 kB]
Get:71 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en [4,235 B]
Get:72 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en [4,610 B]
Get:73 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:74 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en [27.7 kB]
Fetched 13.2 MB in 1min 17s (171 kB/s)
W: GPG error: http://deb.playonlinux.com precise Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E0F72778C4676186
W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner/i18n/Translation-en_GB Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise/i18n/Translation-en_GB Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.playonlinux.com/dists/precise/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

error is still at top of the page...

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#7

im able to get into my update manager now, im just doing all updates and hopefully it will go....

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#8

you are a DIAMOND thank you soooooooooo much so chuffed!!

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#9

although ive been able to update it says failed to download repository information....

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#10

One more thing you need to do.

Run this command:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Your Terminal output showed us this:

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe multiverse restricted multiverse
     2 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe main multiverse restricted
     3 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe main multiverse restricted
     4 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports universe main multiverse restricted
     5
     6 deb http:// archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
     7 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
     8
     9 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
    10 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
    11
    12
    13 deb-src http://deb.playonlinux.com/ precise main

Remove the space in line 6 in the file /etc/apt/sources.list using the gedit editor .

So replace

 deb http:// archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

with

 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

There should be NO spaces between deb http:// and archive

Please also delete line 13 (containing deb-src http://deb.playonlinux.com/ precise main) .

Then save these changes to /etc/apt/sources.list using the gedit editor .

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#11

ok will do that now will that fix the repository?

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#12

lisa@lisa:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu Release.gpg
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Ign http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner TranslationIndex
Ign http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise i386 Packages
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner i386 Packages
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages [8,948 B]
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner Translation-en_GB
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner Translation-en
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise Translation-en_GB
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http: archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise Translation-en
  Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [94.5 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_GB
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [236 kB]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [377 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [769 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [14.4 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [11.5 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,650 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [4,620 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 1,618 kB in 10s (157 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner/i18n/Translation-en_GB Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/partner/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise/i18n/Translation-en_GB Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dists/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/precise/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'dists:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#13

i seem to still have quite a few errors and failed to fetch

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#14

I suggest deleting everything in your /etc/apt/sources.list file and replacing the contents with these configuration lines:

#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS ###################
#############################################################

###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Partner Repo
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#15

ok this is what i get when i get failed to download repoistorys

lisa@lisa:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
lisa@lisa:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5,470 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [5,019 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [155 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [96.7 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [2,494 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [30.5 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1,797 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [377 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [4,620 B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [94.5 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,650 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [74 B]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [449 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [7,039 B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [102 kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [8,486 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en [168 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en [1,299 B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en [1,253 B]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en [56.1 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Fetched 7,566 kB in 46s (163 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

looks good i dont know why playonlinux was on there i got rid of it. im just going to do update and still see if i get the same failed message

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lisa (lisakirby) said : 		#16

its all working perfectly really cant thank you enough i was nearly close to giving up!