Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread Anthony Coyle
Hi Al The problem is fixed and I now have Skype up and running. Ubuntu was right and I was wrong. I had mistyped http//:instead of http:// and after correcting this there was another typo! When at last these blunders were corrected all went smoothly. Remind me not to seek employment as a typist!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread Anthony Coyle
Hi Al, I looked at the sources file. I had made a mistake as I had written deb http//: whereas I should have written deb http:// I corrected the line and then went to software sources and corrected there the package source. However I am still getting the malformed line 55 report. I rechecked the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread John Stevenson
On 3 May 2010 12:43, Anthony Coyle wrote: > Hi Steve, > > On running sudo apt-get I still got malformed line 55 in sources list > > enjy > On 3 May 2010 12:33, Steve wrote: > >> On Mon, 03 May 2010 11:59:48 +0100, Anthony Coyle >>> wrote: >>> >>> > I tried to download Skype to my Ubuntu 10.4 ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread Alan Pope
On 3 May 2010 12:43, Anthony Coyle wrote: > On running sudo apt-get I still got malformed line 55 in sources list > It's quite self-explanatory really. Line 55 of the file /etc/apt/sources.list makes no sense to apt-get. You probably pasted a line in and it was either truncated, split over multi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread Anthony Coyle
Hi Steve, On running sudo apt-get I still got malformed line 55 in sources list enjy On 3 May 2010 12:39, Anthony Coyle wrote: > Thanks for this Steve. Will try! > > Benjy > > > On 3 May 2010 12:33, Steve wrote: > >> On Mon, 03 May 2010 11:59:48 +0100, Anthony Coyle >> wrote: >> >> > I tried

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread Anthony Coyle
Thanks for this Steve. Will try! Benjy On 3 May 2010 12:33, Steve wrote: > On Mon, 03 May 2010 11:59:48 +0100, Anthony Coyle > wrote: > > > I tried to download Skype to my Ubuntu 10.4 netbook remix yesterday but > > failed > > > > > > I had a no entry sign at the top of the screen this morning

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread Steve
On Mon, 03 May 2010 11:59:48 +0100, Anthony Coyle wrote: > I tried to download Skype to my Ubuntu 10.4 netbook remix yesterday but > failed > > > I had a no entry sign at the top of the screen this morning which said > > "An error occured > E Malformed line 55 in Source.list /etc/apt/sources.li

[ubuntu-uk] Malformed line 55

2010-05-03 Thread Anthony Coyle
I tried to download Skype to my Ubuntu 10.4 netbook remix yesterday but failed I had a no entry sign at the top of the screen this morning which said "An error occured E Malformed line 55 in Source.list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse) E The list of sources could not be read Go to the reposito