Synaptic - can't enable partner repo

[dethadol]

I have a problem with synaptic, when I try to enable the partner repo ( http://archive.canonical/ubuntu raring partner r ) by clicking its check box and then clicking the OK box I get the following error message

E: Malformed line 50 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list ([option] too short)

The relevant line -50- in /etc/apt/sources.list reads

# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring partner

does anyone know whats wrong please.

[oshunluvr]

The trailing /

Try

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner

[dethadol]

Thanks for that. Unfortunately still getting the same error message.

[oshunluvr]

I don't know what else to check. It looks exactly the same in my list.

I don't use Synaptic though.

You might try purging the lists and re-generating:

sudo rm -vf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && sudo apt-get clean  && sudo apt-get update

[Snowhog]

Close Synaptic. Open a console and type:

sudo apt-get update

Do you still get the error?

[dethadol]

No luck still got the same error and the trailing slash is still there. I also tried editing out in /etc/apt/sources.list but it just reappeared the next time I looked. But I have now found that the partners repository is enabled in Muon package manager although not in synaptic I really don't understand this.

[Snowhog]

Let's take a look at your file.

grep -v [#] /etc/apt/sources.list

[dethadol]

Here it is:-

deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security multiverse

deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring partner

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring partner

Another odd thing is that the partner SRC is enabled but the binaries are not.

[Snowhog]

Another odd thing is that the partner SRC is enabled but the binaries are not.

The command I had you run shows all enabled entries in sources.list. That you are saying the partner binary (deb http://) isn't enabled says something about Synaptic itself (?) or possibly a caching issue, as the output clearly shows that the deb entries are enabled. Have you rebooted yet?

[dethadol]

Right I rebboted - mow synaptics repositories list is showing the partner repository twice - once enableed and once greyed out unenabled. Its looking like an issue with synaptic.

Edit I've reinstalled synaptic and the problem has gone away.

Thanks for the help