Re: Problem: cannot use update manager

Hi,

before you run the first command mentioned in that article run:
$ . /etc/lsb-release

To clarify, the command to run is: dot space /etc/lsb-release

/Victor

daniel wrote:
> I was trying to upgrade Pidgin following this particular url: 
> http://www.kabatology.com/06/22/pidgin-2-5-7-for-ubuntu-fixes-yahoo-login-issues/
>
>
> Now everytime that I try to open update manager or synaptic there is 
> this message:
>
> E: Malformed line 1 in source list 
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidgin-ppa.list (dist parse)
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>
> any solution?
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