On 1/18/08, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Ok my sources.list points to > deb file:////media/disk/ubuntu/dvd710_1/ubuntu gutsy main > multiverse universe > > and the files Packages.gz > > /media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > /media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz > /media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz > > are there :
The location of the mirror and the path given in sources dont match. Try this line in your sources.list deb file:/media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1 gusty main multiverse universe >[Snip] > top:~$ sudo apt-get update > E: Malformed line 4 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist) > > the top 5 -6 lines of my sources.list looks like > # adding 7.10 material transferred from dvd to usb disk > # deb file:///media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/ubuntu/gutsy/ > main multiverse universe > > deb > file://media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > > deb > file:///media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz > deb > file:///media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz > > so what now ??? > You need to remove these lines pointing to 'Packages.gz' HTH, -Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
