Ubuntu :: Sudo Apt-get Update - Resulted In The Error

May 7, 2011

Recently sudo apt-get update (and all other apt-get commands) has resulted in the error:

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I have apt installed, and I don't know of any changes I've made (I booted a Freebsd install dvd but I didn't end up installing (i'm looking at putting it onto an external hdd).

Output of sudo find / -name "apt-get" -print:

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I still seem to be able to install/update from update manager and synaptic, but I rely on command line for apt-get update when I'm not at uni (which runs through a proxy).

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I'm getting an error when typing in

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I receive:
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Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
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source.list
#### Debian Main Repos
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
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#deb-src http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free

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ldd /usr/bin/passwd
and

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joseph@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for joseph:
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
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Mar 16, 2011

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- i restarted the machine twice
-sudo ifdown eth0 /sudo ifup eth0

sudo nano /etc/networking/interfaces made sure it said

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I have my router saved to assign 192.168.0.100 to the machines eth0 MAC of 00:14:2a:e9:15:0b so i can always use my webUI w/o having to guess my ip ifconfig shows my broadcast running i dunno i'm sooo confused and lost scared...a lil' cold....kinda hungry..pretty tired....

I'm on cli no gui anyone ever have this?

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grub rescue>

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Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
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PS Here are some facts:
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Host:
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[URL]

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