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Update manager can't start in UBUNTU 10.10

Asked by Jason33

I have no idea how to fix it because I'm just switch from a Windows's user to be Linux's user.
A problem I've got , also happened in Update manager and Synaptic package manager

'E:Malformed line 5 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse)'

When I try to open both program they always warns me
I guessed a problem exists after I try to change a server to download too many time.

Thank you for accept my post.

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

Please open a terminal from Applications→Accessories→Terminal and type:

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

copy and paste here the first 10 rows of that file...

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Jason33 (nipatoy) said : 		#2

Ummm
Excuse me. I don't get it

"copy and paste here (?) the first 10 rows of that file (sources.list)..."

If I wanna paste 'gedit /etc/apt/sources.list', a file allow me to paste only in txt editor.
and the truth is I can't remember any command but sudo.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Please open a terminal from Applications→Accessories→Terminal and type:

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

the sources.list content come in front of you...

Select from the open sources.list file the first 10 rows, right click and select copy then paste them into this page...

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Jason33 (nipatoy) said : 		#4

OK. Just take a look from my captures.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Jason33 <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #135867 on update-manager in ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/135867
>
> Status: Needs information => Open
>
> You gave more information on the question:
> Ummm
> Excuse me. I don't get it
>
> "copy and paste here (?) the first 10 rows of that file
> (sources.list)..."
>
> If I wanna paste 'gedit /etc/apt/sources.list', a file allow me to paste
> only in txt editor.
> and the truth is I can't remember any command but sudo.
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Please don't use mail to manage your question but visit your question link
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/135867
using a browser

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Jason33 (nipatoy) said : 		#6

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release i386 (20101007)]/
maverick main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb Thailand maverick main restricted multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb Thailand maverick-updates main restricted multiverse

## 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 Thailand maverick universe
deb Thailand maverick-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

OK.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:14 AM, marcobra (Marco Braida) <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #135867 on update-manager in ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/135867
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) posted a new comment:
> Please don't use mail to manage your question but visit your question link
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/135867
> using a browser
>
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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

Sorry the rows copied here are not enough to see the row number 5 there are too many comment in the file
so please copy and paste here the entire file content...

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Jason33 (nipatoy) said : 		#8

Sorry for my mistake

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release i386 (20101007)]/
maverick main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb Thailand maverick main restricted multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb Thailand maverick-updates main restricted multiverse

## 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 Thailand maverick universe
deb Thailand maverick-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.

## 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://th.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://th.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-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 maverick partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main

deb Thailand maverick-security main restricted multiverse
deb Thailand maverick-security universe
deb http://mirror1.ku.ac.th/ubuntu/ maverick main universe restricted
multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security universe main
multiverse restricted
deb http://mirror1.ku.ac.th/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe main
multiverse restricted

all above is the whole things in a file.
Anyway, Thanks for you answers.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:03 PM, marcobra (Marco Braida) <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #135867 on update-manager in ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/135867
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) requested for more information:
> Sorry the rows copied here are not enough to see the row number 5 there are
> too many comment in the file
> so please copy and paste here the entire file content...
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/135867
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Jason33 (nipatoy) said : 		#9

Could you please help me ?
What am I suppose to do now?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#10

Please open a terminal and type:

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bad

the system will ask you a password: give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Empty the actual content of the file
Then copy the content below and put into the opened file, save, exit and update your system...

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed restricted main multiverse universe

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Jason33 (nipatoy) said : 		#11

Are u sure?
Because after I typed "sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bad"
terminal respond me nothing, just waiting for next commmand?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#12

yes, no error and no output on cp command mean command execute with success

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Jason33 (nipatoy) said : 		#13

Almost success, I think.
Terminal just tell me 'E:Type 'multiverse' is not known on line 18 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list' (another clue for me).
Could you give me a hand again ?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#14

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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rajeeb lochan dash (rl-dash-9) said : 		#15

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

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

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