sources.list?

[JokersLoose]

Hello All,

I took a break from my sound issue and now I'm back. Ok I'm following the steps at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449 and got to

Using alsa-source

so I entered

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) module-assistant alsa-source

and I get

E: Couldn't find package module-assistant

So I did a search and I found http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=174906

So it says

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list (you need to be root to do this).
In there somewhere there should be lines that look
more or less like this:

Code:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe
They may say dapper if you are using a Dapper release, and the archive
URL may be slightly different, might have us or ca or eu or something in it.

If they are there but commented ('#' as first character in the line),
uncomment them.

In my sourse.list

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy-updates universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy-updates universe

So how do I "uncomment" them like it says in the directions I found?

In fact I have a few lines that says

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

Thanks,
James

[MoonRise]

Re: sources.list?

In my sourse.list

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy-updates universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] gutsy-updates universe

So how do I "uncomment" them like it says in the directions I found?

You will need to open the sources.list file as root by browsing there in what ever file manager you use started as root (i.e. - kdesu konqueror). Open it from there by right clicking it and Open With kate. remove the "#" in front of the entry. Save and reload the list in Adept (or what ever Package Manger you use).

[JokersLoose]

Re: sources.list?

The only thing I have that says file manager is Dolphin. So I can enter that and then "root" and so on. But I can also do this by

sudo kate <file>

Right? Just trying to learn the in's and out. So I open the source.list in Kate, now do I remove only the "#" from the lines or do I also remove the "##" because I have lines that say both.

And of course I have already backed it up. LOL

James

[max renn]

Re: sources.list?

A '#' at the beginning of the line comments the entire line out. Just like 'REM' at the beginning of a line in a DOS batch file remarks/comments that line out.

[JokersLoose]

Re: sources.list?

Thanks,

Got that fixed. )

James