install Java?

[Snowhog]

Thanks Ardvark71,
BTW, does OP mean 'old person'

OP - Original Poster

One thing that we 'oldsters' [read:Been around the block more than once] forget, is that not everyone understands 'leet-speak', and so we should defer from using it, or if we use it, to follow it's use with its explanation. In well written Military correspondence, an acronym used in the first instance is immediately followed by the definition. Further instances within the correspondence of the acronym are used sans the definition.

[GranPaSmurf]

in Konsole I just did 'apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk'
the last line reads, E: Malformed line 46 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: the list of sources could not be read

[Snowhog]

in Konsole I just did 'apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk'
the last line reads, E: Malformed line 46 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: the list of sources could not be read

Post your /etc/apt/sources.list file and we will tell you exactly where to make the corrections -- it has malformed entries.

[GranPaSmurf]

Sorry for the confusion. I added the line numbers for clarification earlier. Obviously that had the wrong effect. I have been online to the forum on a laptop next to the Kubuntu machine, so have been transcribing short bits of info. Now I am on the Kubuntu machine. Below is my sources.list copied from Kate.

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)]/ oneiric main
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main

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

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe

## 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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-backports main universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-backports main universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security universe
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
deb http://archive.cononical.com/ licit partner
deb-src http://archive.cononical.com/ licit partner
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
deb http://archive.cononical.com/lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.cononical.com/lucid partner

[Snowhog]

In the last section of your /etc/apt/sources.list you have entries for Lucid, even though you are running Oneiric, and two of the Lucid entries have a misspelling:

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
deb http://archive.cononical.com/licit partner
deb-src http://archive.cononical.com/licit partner
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
deb http://archive.cononical.com/lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.cononical.com/lucid partner

You shouldn't have a mix of release entries. Either delete the last six lines or comment them (put a # in front of them). IF you really have a requirement for keeping the Lucid entries, then delete the two lines that have the misspelling (shown above in red). After saving/closing the file, in a console re-run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

You should be fine.

[GranPaSmurf]

Yea!
I followed your direction and updated apt-get and dist-upgrade. LOTS of files! I now have Synaptic Package Manager and have installed Java-6 JRE and JDK. Off and running!
Thanks mentors!

[ardvark71]

Yea!
I followed your direction and updated apt-get and dist-upgrade. LOTS of files! I now have Synaptic Package Manager and have installed Java-6 JRE and JDK. Off and running!
Thanks mentors!

You're welcome, glad I could help

Regards...

[GranPaSmurf]

Once again thanks to my mentors on this thread. With your help and a lot of tutorials, I upgraded my old Pre phone to be a Palm Pre 2. The upgrade using the Kubuntu box went smoothly and I am enjoying the improved capabilities of the phone. Still knowing next to nothing about Linux/Kubuntu, I am using it mostly for weather maps and email. Every time I open it, I learn a bit more. I will someday get proficient I expect. Thanks again.