Just tried to do that.Keep getting "permission denied",don't know how to get round that.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Vogt" <michael.v...@ubuntu.com> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 7:19 PM To: <oscar...@hotmail.co.uk> Subject: [Bug 349604] Re: update manager could not initialize package info > Thanks for the attchment, but this screenshots hides some details. Could > you please attach the file /etc/apt/sources.list instead ? > > ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > update manager could not initialize package info > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349604 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “update-manager” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Dell mini-9 shipped with ubuntu 8.04.on 16th March 09 > repositories all come back with "404 error-page not found"whenever > updating is attempted by any method. > Added canonical repositories with different syntax(from ubuntu 8.04 > release notes) in an attempt to fix the problem. > Got an error message saying "An unresolvable problem occurred while > initializing the package information" and asking me to report the bug > against update manager:- > 'E:Malformed line 20 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list(dist > parse),E:The list of sources could not be read.' > As a very new Ubuntu user I have no idea what the error message means. > I've had to submit this under "don't know which package" as I'm being told > update manager does not exist in Ubuntu-which is very odd as I'm looking > at it on my system administration menu,and the error message specifically > mentions it. > -- update manager could not initialize package info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349604 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
