Package List out of date.

When I go to 'Add/Remove Programs' on the Ubuntu desktop and open it up, I get the following error message telling me the list is out of date (please see screenshot). I reload the list and the error message disappears until the next time I click on 'Add/Remove Programs' .

I have been to the 'Getting The Most Out Of Kubuntu/Ubuntu' sticky and followed all the instructions for deleting the current list of repositories and replacing it with the copy & paste list in the sticky, then saved and closed but the error message still comes up. Any thoughts on how to resolve this issue?

Cheers,

David.


Edit: I must have copied and pasted the list incorrectly. I've redone it now and everything seems fine - no error messages.

 

Are you sure you did apt-get update after changing the sources.list file?

 

Thanks, Addis.

Just tried that command and I got the following:

david@Home:~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
david@Home:~$

Anyway, as I said, no more error messages at present.

 

Should have entered:

Code:

[B]sudo [/B]apt-get update

But it doesn't matter because the problem is solved anyway, as you say

 

Well, the said error message has returned + now when I type 'gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list' in the terminal window I get the following error (see 'screenshot', then the 'sources list' pops up (can also be seen in same screen shot).

I select all the text, then delete it and reload the new source list - save, close and exit and then I type 'sudo apt-get update' and I get the following (see screenshot 1).

I go back and try the 'add/remove programs feature - but the original 'program list is out of date' keeps coming back! I just don't know what's going on here.

 

The error refers to the Opera repository. In the terminal, type:

Code:

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 6A423791

Then type:

Code:

gpg --export --armor 6A423791 | sudo apt-key add -

And finish by typing:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Ignore the error in the first screenshot

 

Thanks for that, Mega.

I've just typed in those commands but the original error box about the package list being out of date still pops up when I hit 'Add/Remove' programs.

 

Right, got it sorted! Started everything from scratch re: repositories and took my time on the guide. No more error messages!

Thanks for your help, and I'm now starting to learn things for myself.

Cheers,

David.

 

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