I boot as "root" but I can not modify the sources.list

Asked by Michael Haduch

How to modify "sources.list" from ect/apt

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Manu Cornet (lmanul) said :
#1

Can you try, in a terminal,

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

?

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Yuki Izumi (kivikakk) said :
#2

The following command should open a window where you can edit the sources list: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Alternatively, use Synaptic to modify it. This is the recommended way.

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Michael Haduch (egomeime) said :
#3

Thank you it was working