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I keep getting this error message.....

Asked by appstate

E: Type '“deb' is not known on line 45 in source list /etc/apt/sources.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.

I have no idea how to fix it can someone please help???

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Best Nicolas DERIVE (kalon33) said : 		#1

Please provide us a copy of your sources.list. Open a terminal, type "sudo gedit '/etc/apt/sources.list" and copy the file content.
Before copying it, count the lines from the top of the file to find the 45 one, and check that the line looks like this :

deb http://addressofrepository.com/something/ distro component(s)

You probably have a " or something that should not be here in this line. Try to find and delete it, save the file, try to reload your packages list in Synaptic, Update Manager or by command line (sudo apt-get update) to check if you corrected the problem. If yes, your problem is solved and you can mark it as Solved here. If not, post the content of your sources.list here by the way I describe you first.

Hope that it helps you.

--kalon33

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appstate (navybigman) said : 		#2

Thanks Nicolas DERIVE, that solved my question.