Thanks again for all your help. Once again, at this point, I don't remember how I did it, but I cleared the sources list and put in the Debian repository to download Gnome. It's taking me a lot of effort to wield the code since I'm new at this, and I don't want to cause irreparable damage. Be well!
On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 7:45 PM Leonard Morin <ltmo...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Thanks to all you for your help! I followed your advice partially and was > able to install Gnome. I don’t understand how it worked and I plan to try > to figure that out tomorrow. Bedankt! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 6, 2020, at 6:51 PM, Tom Dial <tdd...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 6/6/20 09:14, leonard morin wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I hope all are well. I recently dual-installed debian from a live image > >> on a usb along with Windows on a new computer. My friend gave me some > >> guidance, but he is very busy so I don't want to bother him now. > >> > >> When I first installed, my wifi didn't work on Debian, so I couldn't > >> download Gnome. As you can see below, my friend gave me a fix to connect > >> to wifi, but it didn't work. Nor is it possible to download/install > >> Gnome, as you can see from the error messages below. Can anyone explain > >> to me how to fix this? By the way, I'm hard-wired now. Thanks! > >> > >> # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop > >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list > >> E: The list of sources could not be read. > >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list > >> E: The list of sources could not be read. > >> # apt-get update > >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list > >> E: The list of sources could not be read. > >> # apt-get upgrade > >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list > >> E: The list of sources could not be read. > >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list > >> E: The list of sources could not be read. > > > > At a guess, I would say these error messages occurred because > > /etc/apt/sources.list is (functionally) empty - all the lines are > > commented out. > > > > I would add > > > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free > > > >> > >> > >> > >> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot > >> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free > >> > >> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot > >> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free > >> > >> Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: > > > > Uncomment this line > >> #deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main > >> contrib non-free > > > >> Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: > > > > And this one > >> #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security > >> main contrib non-free > > > > (You could remove or omit the non-free and/or contrib if you don't > > really need packages from those repositories). > > > > > > Regards > > Tom Dial > >
