remove repository

Rual- very Kool. I forget the "gedit" portion. My weekend is no longer ruined!!! Problem solved!!

Thanks Raúl González Duque, that solved my question.

I was trying to watch a dvd on my laptop and got this message. However, I discovered that I cannot update the system due to this error.

E: Type 'Major' is not known on line 10 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

When I want to run the update manager, the system show that the access is denied ans the following message:

Could not initialize the package information

A 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 'Major' is not known on line 10 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list, E:The list of sources could not be read.'

Is anyone can assit me ?

Thank you.

Jean Claude

Hello,

Can you paste the content of your /etc/apt/sources.list file ?

I was trying to do something in the terminal (not knowing what I was doing) from instructions on a web site to get a program. After finally giving up, I was left with this red thing at the top right corner that said pretty close to the same thing. When I tried to open package manager (still not knowing what I'm doing), I got this message:

E: Type '“deb' is not known on line 44 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

How do I make this and the red thing go away?

Okay... I found the sources.list file and here's what it said:

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

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

## 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
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
“deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main”
“deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main”

P.S. Please assume I know nothing about Ubuntu, Linux, and everything connected to them. Thanks!

Never mind. Got it. Thanks loads.

'E:Type 'src' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ferramroberto-vlc-maverick.list'
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
help me...plz

@pradeep yadav please made your own question from here

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+addquestion

instead of append a new question on a very old thread