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RE: I am having trouble updating Linux Mint -- Can anybody help?

in #linux • 6 years ago

The /etc/apt/sources.list file should only contain lines starting with # deb cdrom:[ but in your case this line is the last line and all entry before this line is some random stuff. That is why the error says line E: Type '**' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (note: line 1).

So lets try to clean up the unwanted stuff and put the last line to the line 1.

  1. switch to root sudo -s
  2. make a copy of /etc/apt/sources.list 
    cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
  3. edit sources.list 
    echo "#deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 18.3 _Sylvia_ - Release amd64 20171124]/ xenial contrib main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list
  4. update the system 
    apt update && apt upgrade
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     6 years ago 

    Wow thank you so much!!! this worked and I am extremely relieved! You're the best @bitbase

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       6 years ago 

      We should not give up on anything

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         6 years ago 

        I agree! Oh, should I run updates under root or not..?

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           6 years ago 

          Don't use root. Keep with sudo. Use root only if it is very compulsary and you have no other way of doing it (Like we edit the sources.list file).

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             6 years ago 

            So this is what I got.. a few err messages with it.

            apt update && apt upgrade

            Err:1 http://packages.domain.com xenial InRelease
            Could not connect to packages.domain.com:80 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused)
            Ign:2 http://mirrors.evowise.com/linuxmint/packages sylvia InRelease
            Hit:3 http://mirrors.evowise.com/linuxmint/packages sylvia Release
            Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
            Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
            Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
            Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]
            Hit:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
            Fetched 216 kB in 1s (134 kB/s)
            Reading package lists... Done
            Building dependency tree
            Reading state information... Done
            All packages are up to date.
            W: Failed to fetch http://packages.domain.com/dists/xenial/InRelease Could not connect to packages.domain.com:80 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused)
            W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
            Reading package lists... Done
            Building dependency tree
            Reading state information... Done
            Calculating upgrade... Done
            0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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               6 years ago 

              Can you check if this still shows error?

              Also give me the output of cat /etc/apt/apt.conf

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                 6 years ago 
                 jesuscoins@PCME ~ $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
 cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
 jesuscoins@PCME ~ $ clear
 jesuscoins@PCME ~ $ sudo -s
 [sudo] password for jesuscoins: 
 PCME ~ # cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
 cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
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                   6 years ago 

                  I can't figure out what the problem is. Keep me posted on any other problem you have about Linux, because it also help me develop my skills.

                  I'll try to find the source of this error and update you.

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                     6 years ago 

                    Thank you!

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                       6 years ago 

                      you are most welcome

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