'E:Type ‘Upd8’ is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-webupd8-precise.list, E:The list of sources could not be read., E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

[Brett Keith Cawte]

updating ppa with update8 pulse adio equaliser

[Brett Keith Cawte (b-k-cawte)]

'E:Type ‘Upd8’ is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-webupd8-precise.list, E:The list of sources could not be read., E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

Package "pulseaudio-equalizer"

This package belongs to a PPA: Webupd8

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Could you please attach the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-webupd8-precise.list for further investigation?

[Brett Keith Cawte (b-k-cawte)]

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu precise main
ain
Upd8

[Brett Keith Cawte (b-k-cawte)]

root@brett-desktop:/home/brett# gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

** (gedit:23967): WARNING **: Command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=0b305d7499da99eb0719a0ea00000007 --binary-syntax --close-stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: No protocol specified\nNo protocol specified\nAutolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.\n
No protocol specified
No protocol specified
Cannot open display:
Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.
root@brett-desktop:/home/brett#

[Brett Keith Cawte (b-k-cawte)]

I have used Ubuntu Tweak's Source Editor and deleted net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu precise main list.

It tested me quite abit and was I getting frustated and vexed every thing I tried was just not working.

So full marks to UBUNTU TWEAK once again its come to my rescue its a great source and very easy to use.

Thanks for help Robert Roth you certainly got me thinking.

All the best Brett.

[Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)]

Sounds like you're all set for now, Brett, that's good. As a bug, I think this is an instance of bug 886273, update-manager not being able to deal with corrupted sources.list files.