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

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From: gary
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:26
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gary wrote:
> 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 'β€œdeb' 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
Wow thanks James C I looked down all the text and saw a "deb and the 
sentence ended with a " deleted them " and it fixed the problem I have 
no idea what I did but with your help it fixed it once again thanks much 
Gary
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