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cannot access ubuntu software centre I just get empty panes for both installed software and get software

Asked by peter wilcox

When I try to access the ubuntu software centre i get nothing in the panes either for installed software and or get software.

In addition I have a recurring error message when I use Terminal
E: Malformed line 54 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E:the list of sources could not be read

I am using an eeepc 701

Grateful for any help

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

please dress the line 54 of your /etc/apt/sources.list (i guess some row manually added ) to open the file using terminal, type:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

edit the file save and exit then still using terminal type:

sudo apt-get update

Report only errors here if there are any... if you get no errors on update please type:

sudo apt-get upgrade

then retry to use software-center

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peter wilcox (jpwkarori) said : 		#2

I am completely at sea on this, on the Terminal this is what I get when I enter

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20110720.1)]/ lucid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

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

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates 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://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates 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://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/oldstable main

I simply do not know what to do next

Cheers

Peter Wilcox

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> Subject: Re: [Question #173488]: cannot access ubuntu software centre I just get empty panes for both installed software and get software
> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 20:50:48 +0000
>
> Your question #173488 on software-center in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/173488
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) proposed the following answer:
> please dress the line 54 of your /etc/apt/sources.list (i guess some row
> manually added ) to open the file using terminal, type:
>
> gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> edit the file save and exit then still using terminal type:
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> Report only errors here if there are any... if you get no errors on
> update please type:
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> then retry to use software-center
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/173488/+confirm?answer_id=0
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
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>
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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

There is an error in the last line of your soucres.list

Instead of
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/oldstable main
it has to be
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org oldstable main
(change slash character to space character)

To do that modification open a terminal (ctrl-alt-t) and enter the command

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

This will ask for your password and then will open an editor with your soucres.list loaded.
Do the abivementioned change, save the file and close the editor.
Then try again with the terminal commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

and report what the results are.

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peter wilcox (jpwkarori) said : 		#4

Thanks for that.This is what got
peter@peter-eeepc:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
peter@peter-eeepc:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_NZ
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_NZ
Get:3 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_NZ
Get:4 http://www.debian-multimedia.org oldstable Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_NZ
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ oldstable/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_NZ
Get:6 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release [57.2kB]
Get:7 http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release [8,215B]
Get:8 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [44.7kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [44.7kB]
Get:10 http://www.debian-multimedia.org oldstable Release [25.3kB]
Get:11 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198B]
Get:12 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages [1,386kB]
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org oldstable Release
Get:13 http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources [6,853B]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [210kB]
Get:15 http://www.debian-multimedia.org oldstable/main Packages [55.6kB]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources [64.6kB]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [86.9kB]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources [25.8kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages [4,559B]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources [1,751B]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_NZ
Get:23 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages [6,208B]
Get:24 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources [659kB]
Get:25 http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release.gpg [198B]
Get:26 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources [3,775B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid/free Translation-en_NZ
Get:27 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages [5,448kB]
Get:28 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,338B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid/non-free Translation-en_NZ
Get:29 http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release [6,854B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release
Get:30 http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid/free Packages [3,269B]
Get:31 http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid/non-free Packages [8,615B]
Get:32 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [464B]
Get:33 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources [3,165kB]
Get:34 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages [180kB]
Get:35 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources [119kB]
Get:36 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [517kB]
Get:37 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages [3,240B]
Get:38 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources [202kB]
Get:39 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources [1,443B]
Get:40 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages [230kB]
Get:41 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources [81.0kB]
Get:42 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages [10.5kB]
Get:43 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources [5,070B]
Fetched 12.7MB in 43s (292kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org oldstable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783

Do I need to do more?

Cheers

Peter

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> Subject: Re: [Question #173488]: cannot access ubuntu software centre I just get empty panes for both installed software and get software
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 07:45:51 +0000
>
> Your question #173488 on software-center in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/173488
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> There is an error in the last line of your soucres.list
>
> Instead of
> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/oldstable main
> it has to be
> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org oldstable main
> (change slash character to space character)
>
> To do that modification open a terminal (ctrl-alt-t) and enter the
> command
>
> gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> This will ask for your password and then will open an editor with your soucres.list loaded.
> Do the abivementioned change, save the file and close the editor.
> Then try again with the terminal commands
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> and report what the results are.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/173488/+confirm?answer_id=2
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/173488
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.

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peter wilcox (jpwkarori) said : 		#5

Thanks so much. I now have access to all parts of the Ubuntu Software Center. As a complete novice it seems like magic. Thanks

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

To get rid of the last two warnings you have to open a terminal and issue these commands:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 07DC563D1F41B907
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2EBC26B60C5A2783

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peter wilcox (jpwkarori) said : 		#7

Thanks for that

> To: <email address hidden>
> From: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #173488]: cannot access ubuntu software centre I just get empty panes for both installed software and get software
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:40:56 +0000
>
> Your question #173488 on software-center in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/173488
>
> Manfred Hampl posted a new comment:
> To get rid of the last two warnings you have to open a terminal and
> issue these commands:
>
> sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 07DC563D1F41B907
> sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2EBC26B60C5A2783
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.