Re: help this pops up when i go to use update manager

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From: gary
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:59

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James C wrote:
> 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 "
> 
> If it ends with " delete the final " too.
can you please tell me what line 70 means ? as i have no idea thanks 
again gary

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