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Article #960Re: help this pops up when i go to use update manager
From: James C
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:26
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:26
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On 23/07/08 20:52, gary wrote: >> 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 '“deb' is not known on line 70 in source list >> /etc/apt/sources.list, E:The list of sources could not be read.' > > Hi all I have no idea what this means but i do not think its a good > thing and am wondering how i fix it i am not real good > > with computer talk so if someone would kindly tell me how to fix it > would be tops thanks Gary > > P.S.sorry my english is poor but that it is a new language to me Try this: run gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list If line 70 starts with the text "deb then delete the "
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