Hi,

On Thursday 22 December 2011 20:27:15 sdavmor wrote:
> I added the repository to software sources per the instructions here:
> 
> Debian-based Linux distributions
> Note: VirtualBox has been moved from non-free to contrib with 4.0, so
> please adjust your repository settings.
> 
> Add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your
> /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib
> 
> Then I added the key fingerprint using the combine downloading and
> registering method:
> 
> wget -q
> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- |
> sudo apt-key add -
> 
> Then I did a sudo apt-get update
> 
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/dists/oneiric/Release
>   Unable to find expected entry 'contrib/source/Sources' in Release
> file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
> 
> Is this a problem at my end?

Must be some wrong entry in /etc/apt/sources.list. There is no
source package but apt-get seems to depend on it. So look for a
deb-src ... virtualbox line and remove it.

Kind regards,

Frank
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