ADEPT failure

[XkP]

Since the last update (4 items) on 11th April, I find that ADEPT fails to open. It suggests that I go to Terminal and run APT-SETUP and APT-GET to see if this will help. As a refugee from Windows, I am not familiar with command lines, exactly what do I have to type to achieve this? If this fails, what are my options. I am running a 2-hard drive system with Windows on hda and Kubuntu on hdb. The recovery mode does not help. I am rusing ver 6.10

[Snowhog]

Re: ADEPT failure

Assuming you have an active internet connection.

Open a terminal and run the command:

sudo apt-get update

You will be prompted for your password. This will go out and sync your /etc/apt/sources.list file which is used by Adpet when looking for packages.

[XkP]

Re: ADEPT failure

Thank you! The reply I get from apt-get updates is ;- 'http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu' is not known on line 1 in source list/etc/apt/sources.list. Presumably I have to remove this from the file. I would appreciate some strong guidance about doing this. Obviously I caused this when I was looking at other repositories though I'm not sure how.
Escapee from XP

[Arch]

Re: ADEPT failure

I assume the other repositories have been properly updated while doing the apt-get update. You are supposed to have seen the progress on this!

Try to install Adept again after the update (sudo apt-get install adept) Once you're back in Adept you can manage the repos.

Good luck

[XkP]

Re: ADEPT failure

I managed to find the file and the offending line. It's easy to remove using Kate. However, although I have Root privileges (I think), I can't save the modified file or overwrite the original. Any suggestions?

[XkP]

Re: ADEPT failure

I think the problem is in the Source list - there is an extraneous line at the top of the page. I have tried to remove it, using Kate but have not been able to get permission from the system to save the modified file (sometimes security goes too far!). I think I got root privileges by doing ' sudo passwd root' and putting in another password. But that seems a bit odd because I created the password in Terminal which didn't seem to needed again. Perhaps I am missing something. If I can't beat this soon, I shall have to re-install and download another 300M of up dates!
XkP (escapee from XP)

[Snowhog]

Re: ADEPT failure

You should be able to do this within the Adept package manager. In the same manner that you 'uncomment' repositories (removing the # from in front of the entry) you can recomment the entry (put the # back in front of the entry).

[dibl]

Re: ADEPT failure

I have tried to remove it, using Kate but have not been able to get permission from the system to save the modified file

If you will open a KConsole window and start Kate in superuser mode, with

kdesu kate

plus your password, then use Kate to browse to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, you will be able to edit it and re-save it.

[XkP]

Re: ADEPT failure

Unfortunately ADEPT refuses to load until I remove the line in the source list - Catch 22! I shall have to concentrate on giving myself permission to alter and save the list. There's got to be a way to do this.
XkP