unable to launch update manager (or synaptic package manager) Error Message 'E:Type'--21:16:41--'is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list, E:The list of sources could not be read

Not a ubuntu bug. Sending to medibuntu, as it appears to be something they've distributed.

Hello,
please remove the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list file, and retry with the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
Cheers

Albin Tonnerre wrote:
> Hello,
> please remove the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list file, and retry with the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
> Cheers
>
> ** Changed in: medibuntu
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> Thank you very, very muvh

Those were the instructions I followed that led to the error.

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

worked fine and

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O-

on its own but

sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

or the whole line together (wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update)

just makes the terminal freeze up. any attempt to run apt after that gave that error.

Pardon - when I run the whole line together

<blockquote>wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update</blockquote>

terminal returns

<blockquote>gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.</blockquote>

It freezes when I try to run just the second half.

IT don't freeze when you try the second half. apt-key add - just waits for entry from stdin ...

Can you past contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list ?

Are you sure you use a O (the letter) and not the zero in your command lines ?

MAxence

I had the same thing happen in hardy heron and it crashed synaptic so I ended up having to reinstall the whole operating system
“E:Type '—21:25:04--' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
E:The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.”