Steven, On Monday 13 February 2012 19:38:52 Steven Davies-Morris wrote: > My platform is 64bit, and is up to date as of 7am today. > > Following along with the directions here: > <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads> > > I add the repository line: > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib > > In a terminal I download the Oracle public key and register it with: > wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc > -O- | sudo apt-key add - > > I then do the install: > sudo apt-get update > > I don't get as far as the install (sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1) > because I get this message: > 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) > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > > Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug at the Oracle end?
to me it seems that you also added a deb-src repository line. We don't provide source packages for the distributions (too much effort for to few benefit), only binary packages. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Senior Manager Software Development Desktop Virtualization, VirtualBox ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | 71384 Weinstadt, Germany Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz, Marcel van de Molen, Alexander van der Ven
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