unable to find certain sources

Asked by Piet Bels

I was trying to upgrade through the update manager to 11.4

first I got this message :

Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager.

Then I close this

W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/natty/Release Unable to find expected entry deb-src/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

after closing this the system stops upgrading and I remain in 10.4

I've tried to look at the repositories in the Syn.Pack Manager but don't get anywhere

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Can you give the output of:

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Thanks

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Piet Bels (ptbls7) said :
#2

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release i386 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted

## 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://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-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://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-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://vn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://vn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-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 maverick partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main

deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-security main restricted
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-security universe
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-security multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-backports restricted main multiverse universe

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

ok run:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add a hash character (a '#') to the start of the lines with the word 'archive' in, save the new file and close gedit, then run:

sudo apt-get update

Then attempt the upgrade

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Piet Bels (ptbls7) said :
#4

Dear Actionparsnip

I have exactly done as you told me but the result remains the same, I can still not upgrade, as a statement to ask you if my action was correct, here is the way I have added the #archive to the gedit :

#archive# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release i386 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted

## 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://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-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://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-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://vn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://vn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-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 maverick partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main

deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-security main restricted
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-security universe
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-security multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ maverick-backports restricted main multiverse universe

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

Ok you have REALLY screwed ths up.

Change:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

To:

#deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
#deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
#deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
#deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

And change:
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

To:

#deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
#deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

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Piet Bels (ptbls7) said :
#6

This is not my kind a dialogue