Dear Micah Thanks for your suggestion. I am a newbie, also not very technologically adept. I first came to computers at 65, to Linux at 77. My first mistake was in purchasing any apps, and it won't happen again. Also, I just frankly didn't know how to deal with the sources.list and know very little about getting to the permissions of an app which I can't see before me and click. Once again I just simply took the coward's way out, I hope for the last time, and re-installed. But I keep learning more and getting better each day. Again, thanks for your kind answer and suggestion.
dayton32 On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Dave Lentz <[email protected]>wrote: > The error is 'Permission Denied' so check the permissions of the file with > this command: > ls -la > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_fluendo-dvd_ubuntu.list > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/906724 > > Title: > Sources list can't be read. Some syntax error and I cannot find it. > Can't get to Soft Ware Center > > Status in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package > information. > > > Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include > the following error message: > > > 'E:Opening > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_fluendo-dvd_ubuntu.list > - ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied)' > > I have tried to spot the error in both repository and software sources > and sources list.d. And I cannot find the syntactical error. I tried > commenting in both repository and soft ware sources, and that didn't > work. I uninstalled the package through Synaptic, and I still > couldn't get to Software Center. And then the notice was given to > report the bug. This is a commercial app I purchased, the media > player, from canonical. > > Ubuntu 11.10, fluendo media player, I can't get to Software package to > find exact name. I expected to be able to strighten out the syntax, > but it is beyond me. I found out about this "syntactical error" when > I was using Ailurus. And the instructions pointed out the error and > expected me to be able to correct the syntax. I'm not yet that > familiar with computers that I could act on this. > > dayton32 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/906724/+subscriptions > -- It all ends in disappointment, but there is oft beauty along the way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/906724 Title: Sources list can't be read. Some syntax error and I cannot find it. Can't get to Soft Ware Center To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/906724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
