That did it! What is the recommended sources.list now?
This is what is in it presently:
deb
http://packages.linuxmint.com/ nadia main upstream import
deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe
multiverse
deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted
universe multiverse
deb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted
universe multiverse
deb
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ quantal partner
# deb
http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb apps
# deb
http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb games
/etc/apt/sources.list.d says:
dhor-myway-quantal.list
dhor-myway-quantal.list.save
google-talkplugin.list
google-talkplugin.list.save
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list.save
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list.save
libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list
libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list.save
local-repository.list
local-repository.list.save
otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list
otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list.save
team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list
team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list.save
what if I were to move the lines in sources.list.d into sources.list? one
final question for tonight: what is the purpose of sources.list.save
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Brian Cluff <
brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
> It doesn't matter what the file names are, it's what's inside that counts.
>
> grep -ri medibuntu /etc/apt/
>
> If the above spits out anything, you'll know what file to edit.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 12/18/2013 09:51 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> Good plan. Unfortunately 'medibuntu' is not to be found
>> in /etc/apt/sources.list.d . Further, when looked in /var/lib/apt/lists/
>> some of the medibuntus I had deleted were back.
>>
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep medibuntu
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls
>> dhor-myway-quantal.list
>> dhor-myway-quantal.list.save
>> google-talkplugin.list
>> google-talkplugin.list.save
>> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list
>> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list.save
>> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list
>> libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list.save
>> libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list
>> libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list.save
>> local-repository.list
>> local-repository.list.save
>> otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list
>> otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list.save
>> team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list
>> team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list.save
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls /var/lib/apt/lists/
>> |grep medibuntu
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
>>
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
>> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Looks like you removed the package database that apt creates from a
>> package repository entry. All you need to do to get rid of a
>> repository is to delete the config file for it out of the apt config
>> at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/<a___file_in_here.list> or to remove the
>>
>> line from the config file at /etc/apt/sources.list.
>>
>> After you've done that, just run "apt-get update" and it will clean
>> out all the repositories that don't exist anymore as well as update
>> all the ones that still do.
>>
>> After that, symantic should start working again.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> On 12/18/2013 02:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>> oops.... what am I doing wrong? I remove the files:
>>
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep medibuntu
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_binary-i386___
>> Packages
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_i18n_Translation-__en
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_i18n_
>> Translation-__en%5fUS
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_binary-i386_
>> __Packages
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_i18n___
>> Translation-en
>> packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_i18n___
>> Translation-en%5fUS
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd /var/lib/apt/lists/
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ sudo rm -rf
>> *medibuntu*
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ ls
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep
>> medibuntu
>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ sudo synaptic
>>
>>
>> (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data:
>> assertion
>> `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>>
>> (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer
>> instance
>>
>> (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data:
>> assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
>>
>> and synaptic opens, then ubuntu's update manager is run to
>> update the
>> system and it tells me:
>>
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/Release.gpg
>>
>> <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/Release.gpg>
>> Something wicked happened resolving
>> 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>> - No address associated with hostname)
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/binary-__
>> i386/Packages
>>
>> <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/binary-
>> i386/Packages>
>> Something wicked happened resolving
>> 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>> - No address associated with hostname)
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/
>> binary-__i386/Packages
>>
>> <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/
>> binary-i386/Packages>
>> Something
>> wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 - No
>> address
>> associated with hostname)
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/i18n/__
>> Translation-en_US
>>
>> <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/i18n/
>> Translation-en_US>
>> Something wicked happened resolving
>> 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>> - No address associated with hostname)
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/i18n/__
>> Translation-en
>>
>> <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/i18n/
>> Translation-en>
>> Something wicked happened resolving
>> 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>> - No address associated with hostname)
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/
>> __Translation-en_US
>>
>> <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/
>> i18n/Translation-en_US>
>> Something wicked happened resolving
>> 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>> - No address associated with hostname)
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/
>> __Translation-en
>>
>> <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/
>> i18n/Translation-en>
>> Something wicked happened resolving
>> 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
>> - No address associated with hostname)
>> Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
>> old ones
>> used instead.
>>
>> I then clicked update and now it says my system is up to date
>> but when
>> 'refresh' is clicked I still get the medibuntu error?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Michael Havens
>> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:34 PM, sean ritzler
>> <sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com <mailto:sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:sean.a.ritzler@gmail.__com
>>
>> <mailto:sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> The medibuntu repo has been shut down. You'll want to
>> remove any
>> mention of it from your list of repositories.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Michael Havens
>> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>> > I can't get my packaage managers to work. For
>> instance: I
>> open synaptic and
>> > after it loads an info window appears that says:
>> >
>> > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
>> > E: Problem with MergeList
>> >
>>
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.__medibuntu.org_dists_quantal___
>> free_i18n_Translation-en
>>
>> > E: The package lists or status file could not be
>> parsed or
>> opened.
>> > E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>> >
>> > Please, how do I fix this?
>> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
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