Adept manager error

[arjbeauch]

I have searched the post on this subject and tried many of the suggestions but adept will not work. It telss me to run setup or install but still no luck. I am new to Kubuntu so be kind. I have opened the console, signed in with password and entered the code but I get errors or nothing happens. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? IS it a syntax error? Can someone show me exactly how to type in the commands? Thanks

[claydoh]

Re: Adept manager error

First of all, copy the code you have used, and the error message you get, into a reply here so we can help pinpoint the problem better, and hopefully get to the cure.

[arjbeauch]

Re: Adept manager error

Here is what happens when I start the add/remove program. Thanks

Could not open cache - Adept installer

The APT Database could not be opened! This may be caused by incorrect APT configuration or some similar problem. Try running apt-setup and apt-get update in terminal and see if it helps to resolve the problem.

[claydoh]

Re: Adept manager error

ok, then what is the eror message when you try running these commands:

sudo apt-get update

This refreshes the package list and info from the repositories

sudo apt-get upgrade

this finds, and lists the available updates.

Either or both of these will give a much better error message than Adept will, and should point to the specific problem and fix. I suspect a bad line in your sources.list file. If so, the command will even specify which line it can't figure out

You can also post the contents of the file /etc/apt/sources/list here as well

[arjbeauch]

Re: Adept manager error

This is what I get with sudo apt get-update, thanks


E: Type '/home/desktop/New' is not known on line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo apt-get upgrade
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)

[Snowhog]

Re: Adept manager error

For Gutsy Installations:

Open Adept Manager (K Menu | System | Adept Manger) and click on Adept | Manage Repositories. On the first tab, check all items (you don't need the last item checked unless you intend to download source files for compiling). On the Third-Party Software tab uncheck/delete the cdrom repository entry. Close the window. If Adept doesn't automatically fetch updates, click on Fetch Updates. You will now have access to the thousands of available packages. If you still have problems, open a console and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Additionally, it looks like you may have an error (or more than one?) in your /etc/apt/source.list file. Open a console shell (K Menu > System > Konsole) and type:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Copy and paste the output into a reply so we can take a look at it.

[arjbeauch]

Re: Adept manager error

Here is what I get using the: cat /etc/apt/sources.list Thanks

vtfpc@papaya:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016.1)]/ gutsy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

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

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-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 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
/home/desktop/New Folder_1vtfpc@papaya:~$

[claydoh]

Re: Adept manager error

/home/desktop/New Folder_1vtfpc@papaya:~$

You will need to remove that line, either by Adept's "Manage Repositories" section, or by manually editing the sources.list file. to edit the file manually, first close Adept if it is open, and then you use konqueror to navigate to the folder /etc/apt, right-click on the file 'sources.list. then select "Actions --- Edit as Root". Then simply delete that line, save the file, and try running adept again.