Ubuntu Software Center not working.

[Enrico Pumarosa]

E: Type 'n' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/n-muench-vlc-lucid.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open()failed,please report.

Using Ubuntu 10.04.1

I was trying to update the VLC player from version 1.0.6 Goldeneye to version VLC 1.12 as described in the website Ubuntu Geek.

I opened the terminal and typed in the directions. The end result is the above error message, along with the Ubuntu Software Center not working properly. If I click on Departments the category either doesn't load, or partially loads with several icons remaining blank.

Please help, as I'm clearly beyond the limits of my knowledge.

[Vallery Lancey (muscovy)]

Hello Enrico. I recognize this error, and it is not a bug but a user mistake. Please continue to use this thread for help, but I'm converting this to a question to clean up the bug list.

The Software Center is complaining that there is an error in the list of software sources in /etc/apt/sources.list. Please open the file (run "gedit /etc/apt/sources.list" without quotes) and paste the first few lines of the file here.

PS - I see from your profile on Launchpad you just joined now to report this. Good spirit. :D