Synaptic Package Explorer won't open

Asked by Mark Zortman

I was attempting to install Dolphin Gamecube/Wii Emulator using Synaptic Package Explorer while following this tutorial: http://thepurplecube.org/index.php?topic=12651.0

I couldn't find the dolphin-emu package this tutorial mentioned, so i then tried the terminal install

This is what i entered:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glennric/dolphin-emu
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dolphin-emu

after unsuccessfully attempting this, i receive the following message...

E: Type 'n' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/glennric-dolphin-emu-lucid.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.

I can't for the life of me get this figured out, could someone help me remove it, and even better, get it installed correctly? Much appreciated...

*Note: i'm running Ubuntu 10.04

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François Tissandier (baloo) said :
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It seems that it tried to set this new repository for Dolphin, but the file it created is not valid.
Try this in a terminal to remove this file:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/glennric-dolphin-emu-lucid.list

That should at least makes the package installer work again.

Then the question is, why did the commands failed to add this repo? Could you try again and post the error message plz ?

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Mark Zortman (znight21) said :
#2

Package installer works again, thank you for that, as to why the command failed, i dunno, still pretty new to Ubuntu and i think i forgot to post the terminal error message. But the package installer is working and i used those 3 terminal commands again and it seems to be working just fine, must have been a mistype. It'll finish installing after a few more minutes, i'll post another message when i find that it works or not.

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Mark Zortman (znight21) said :
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Seems to be working perfectly fine, thank you so much for giving me the uninstall command.

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François Tissandier (baloo) said :
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Great :)
Remember, more or less everything on Linux is managed by files. So if you have a problem with a file, don't hesitate to be curious, the system is opened, check what is in the file, back it up to another location to see if deleting it can solve your problem. Of course, don't be too adventurous, if you are not sure, ask advices here ;) Everything is fixable, or almost. Have fun !