access to adapt updater or manager denied, 'rm' not known

[Guest]

I suddenly have no longer access to adapt updater or manager, neither through link nor terminal.
Whatever I try:
sudo apt
-get check
-get autoclean
-get install
...
result stays the same:
E: 'rm' is not known in line 43 in source list
E: The list of sources could not be read

The system was running without any problems so far.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

[dibl]

Re: access to adapt updater or manager denied, 'rm' not known

I'm going to speculate you fell victim to Automatix.



You'll have to open your /etc/apt/sources.list file and edit it manually to fix whatever is borked up on line 43 (and possibly more lines afterward). So, open Konsole, and enter

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

First, choose "File>Save As" and save it as sources.list.bak, so we know we won't make it any worse, no matter what.

Next, scroll down to line 43 and just look at it, and compare it to other similar lines above it. You should be able to see a difference in the structure of the text, in comparison to similar lines above it. For example, if it begins with "deb http://", there needs to be a single space between "deb" and "http://". Look for the difference between the structure of that line and the similar lines above it. Then edit it so the structure is the same as the ones above it.

Next, look at the lines following line 43, and see if there are any other obvious boo-boos. If so, you can fix them.

When you think you've got it right, choose "File>Save As" and this time change the name back to sources.list. It will warn you that you are overwriting the existing file of the same name, and you can say OK and go ahead with it.

Now try a

sudo apt-get check

and see what happens.

[Guest]

Re: access to adapt updater or manager denied, 'rm' not known

yep - that worked out! you made my day

[Snowhog]

Re: access to adapt updater or manager denied, 'rm' not known

Automatix strikes again! :P Don't have, won't get it, won't use it. I like having a working system.