Problem with package update mngr.

While I don't think this is related to desktopcouch in any way, could you please copy the contents of /ect/apt/sources.list and paste them here so that we could see that and check what's wrong?

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Malformed line 63 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.'

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Malformed line 63 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.'

E: Malformed line 63 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Could you please open gedit and open /etc/apt/sources.list file in it? Then please copy the contents of that file to this question.

Roman,
I don't know how to open gedit to open the file you mentioned.

  Scifisam

I wish there was an easier way to contact and have meaningful comunication back and forth .I really am completely new to almost everything Linux/ubuntu.I bought some disks from osdisks and am beginning to think that was a mistake.Anyway if anyone is interested in helping me email would be more conveniant for me unless someone can show me a better way.I don't even know how to text using a cell phone.At least not well.

Also one thing is confusing me as well.When my boot screen comes up "finally" after grub loading I have 7 choices 1 is ubuntu1.92 is ubuntu 1.9 recovery 3 is ubuntu 1.7 4 is 1.7 recovery the next two are memory somethings and the last is windows xp pro

scifisam, I believe you might want to visit http://ubuntuforums.org/ which is the best place to get help for new ubuntu user from ubuntu community.

I will change the project to ubuntu for this question since that was not actually targeted desktopcouch.

@ scifisam

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Post output here.

rusty1@Sam:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5)]/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted #Added by software-properties
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb cdrom:[repositorydisk7]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
deb cdrom:[repositorydisk6]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
deb cdrom:[repositorydisk5]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
deb cdrom:[repositorydisk4]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
deb cdrom:[repositorydisk3]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
deb cdrom:[repositorydisk2]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
deb cdrom:[repositoriedisk1]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse

deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu karmic
rusty1@Sam:~$

Dear Folks,
Thanks for trying., I will completely erase and re partiont my hard drive and reinstall ubuntu from Ubuntu instead of the disks I purchased until I know how to use evrything better.At least I will have better support that way.I hope so anyway.Evidently ubuntu and Cananocal do not support the disk software that I purchased.I had assumed that they were the same yet I could be working with it sooner if I just went ahead and bought it.Sorry for all the time but thank you.You all may consider this peoblem solved for the moment.

  Scifisam