Thank you for the reply, however I do not have the knowledge to even open VI, where is it??
Then where do i find the thing i should be editing? This is a very steep learning curve that i am not sure i can follow!!!!!!!! Thanks for the help anyway On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 17:50 +1200, Andrew Errington wrote: > On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:38, Bernard wrote: > > I have installed the repostries as per previous emails. > > > > All was working fine until i installed the extra ones I now get this > > error message > > > > E: Malformed line 44 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist) > > E: The list of sources could not be read. > > Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem. > > > > > > > > which is followed by > > > > E: Malformed line 44 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist) > > E: Unable to lock the list directory > > > > > > > > I also think the cd address is not right as that came up with an error > > message...............my head is going in a twirl here. > > Hmm. Could be something wrong with line 44 in /etc/apt/sources.list > > Have you looked at the file? > > Open it up in your favourite editor[1] and take a look. The format of that > line will be very similar to the others, and it might be easy for you to > spot why it is different and then fix it. For example, it could be that > the line has been split, so you need to join it to the previous one. > > It is likely that you cannot save the file unless you are root, or unless > you have used the sudo command to invoke your editor. > > HTH, > > Andy > -- > [1] Your favourite editor is 'vi', but feel free to play around with some > of the others. >
