"Ethan Rosenberg, PhD" <erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com> writes:
> Dear List - > > With the new Gnome desktop, I am up against a brick wall. For some > reason I cannot get apt-get to work. I have also tried the irc > channel, with no results. > > I have read the Wiki, followed it with no luck. > > This is the output from apt-get: > > root@meow:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# dpkg --configure -a > root@meow:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get update && apt-get > autoclean && apt-get -f dist-upgrade && apt-get autoremove > E: Type 'apt-get' is not known on line 1 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mate.list > E: The list of sources could not be read. Something is wrong with the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mate.list. >From the error message, it appears as if the first line contains 'apt-get' someplace; my guess is it's probably the first thing on the line. It shouldn't be; the line should start with either 'deb' or 'deb-src' (unless it's a comment). As an example, here's a line from my sources.list: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1bvc4gu20g....@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net
