sudo apt-get update seems to think that the error is still there. Humour me, and check that the bottom lines have a proper http:// prefix (sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list).
The applet you described in your toolbar is a generic "something's wrong with the software system" warning. On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 23:24 +0000, Bruce wrote: > Alexander-- > > I just got back and couldn't find you on the Ubuntu pages (I have > difficulty navigating them) so, since our conversation was echoed on my > yahoo account ( [email protected]) I am just replying to your last entry > email(hope that is allowed). > > I did as you suggested with sudo apt-get update and got this error: > > E: Malformed line 43 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse) > > I also note that when I open Ubuntu I have a red circle with a white > minus sign in the top toolbar (not the correct term I know) at top of my > screen. When I point my cursor at that, I get a bubble with this same > error message with the suggestion that there might be a dependency > problem...notice, too, that this is the message that I put into my > original bug report (which I guess wasn't a bug, but the message said to > report it and I didn't know where to do that) > > I get similar error messages when I try to open Update Manager and when > I try to open Synaptic... > > I'm afraid I messed up my computer somehow when I tried to download and > install Java from the Java site using the directions they give on-line > for doing that. I did download the java .bin file to my desktop, but the > steps they gave did not complete the install. > > Thanks, > Bruce > > > > > --- On Fri, 8/13/10, Alexander Lancey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Alexander Lancey <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Bug 617657] Re: I get this when I try to open Synaptic...it > > doesn't say where to repoort it so here it is: E: malformed line 43 in > > source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse) E: the list of sources could > > not be read. Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem. E:_ > > cache>open()failed, please report > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, August 13, 2010, 10:41 PM > > Try opening a terminal and running > > "sudo apt-get update". This will refresh the system's list > > of software. Most software management actions do this > > themselves, but if it was not done during your test, the > > system would not realize it was fixed. > > If there's any errors, paste them here, but with any luck > > you're good. > > > > -- > > I get this when I try to open Synaptic...it doesn't say > > where to repoort it so here it is: E: malformed line 43 in > > source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse) E: the list of > > sources could not be read. Go to the repository dialog to > > correct the problem. E:_ cache>open()failed, please > > report > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617657 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct > > subscriber > > of the bug. > > > -- I get this when I try to open Synaptic...it doesn't say where to repoort it so here it is: E: malformed line 43 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse) E: the list of sources could not be read. Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem. E:_ cache>open()failed, please report https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617657 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
