Stupid is as Stupid does - Adept Manager is now dead

[gryedouge]

Hello all Linux Masters,

I added a source site to my adept manager and when opening up the adept manager I got an error reading (which flashed briefly for a few seconds) and I have been unable to access any of the package management utilities. I did find the following error reading

" E: Type '//us.archive.ubuntu.com' is not known on line 52 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read."

I am currently using Kubuntu 8.10 (64 bit) with the standard KDE 4 desktop.

Is there anyway that I can regain usage of my package managers?

Thanks for any advice!

[dibl]

Re: Stupid is as Stupid does - Adept Manager is now dead

Sure.

You will need to use kate, in Super User mode, to edit the file at /etc/apt/sources.list, and you'll need to remove whatever you added that is screwed up. It will be fairly obvious when you're looking at the file -- the source URLs have a pattern, and the bad one will be apparent.

In case it helps, I will post my perfectly-working source file here for your benefit:

dibl@ibex:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Alpha amd64 (20081004)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See [url]http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes[/url] for how to upgrade to          
# newer versions of the distribution.                            

deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid main restricted
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.                        
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in   
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.                                  
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid universe         
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid universe       
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-updates universe     
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-updates universe   

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid multiverse
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid multiverse
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid partner
# deb-src [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid partner

deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid-security main restricted
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid-security universe
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid-security universe
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid-security multiverse
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] intrepid-security multiverse

deb [url]http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu[/url] intrepid main
# deb-src [url]http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu[/url] intrepid main

[gryedouge]

Re: Stupid is as Stupid does - Adept Manager is now dead

Thanks very much for your quick response!

it is really appreciated...

now it is all down to the typing skills!

[dibl]

Re: Stupid is as Stupid does - Adept Manager is now dead

If you're using version 8.10, open the KMenu>System>Konsole and enter

kdesudo kate /etc/apt/source.list

Or you can do Alt-F2 and enter the same thing.

and then you can commence editing. Don't forget to "File>Save" before you exit.

[gryedouge]

Re: Stupid is as Stupid does - Adept Manager is now dead - NO!! it LIVES!!

it works! it works! it works! it works! YEEEHAH!

Thanks! a lot of gratitude from a noobie intrepid ibex (kde4 ) fan!!!

[dibl]

Re: Stupid is as Stupid does - Adept Manager is now dead

8)

Enjoy!