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  trouble installing gnome leonard morin <leonard.morin@gmail.com> - 2020-06-06 17:20 +0200
    Re: trouble installing gnome floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2020-06-06 18:00 +0200
    Re: trouble installing gnome Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2020-06-06 18:00 +0200
      Re: trouble installing gnome Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2020-06-06 20:40 +0200
        Re: trouble installing gnome Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2020-06-06 21:10 +0200
        Re: trouble installing gnome floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2020-06-06 22:20 +0200
    Re: trouble installing gnome Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-06-07 01:10 +0200
      Re: trouble installing gnome Leonard Morin <ltmorin@earthlink.net> - 2020-06-07 03:40 +0200
        Re: trouble installing gnome leonard morin <leonard.morin@gmail.com> - 2020-06-07 20:40 +0200

#223119 — trouble installing gnome

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Hello,

I hope all are well. I recently dual-installed debian from a live image on
a usb along with Windows on a new computer. My friend gave me some
guidance, but he is very busy so I don't want to bother him now.

When I first installed, my wifi didn't work on Debian, so I couldn't
download Gnome. As you can see below, my friend gave me a fix to connect to
wifi, but it didn't work. Nor is it possible to download/install Gnome, as
you can see from the error messages below. Can anyone explain to me how to
fix this? By the way, I'm hard-wired now. Thanks!

# apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
# apt-get update
E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
# apt-get upgrade
E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.



# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot amd64
xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot amd64
xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free

 Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
contrib non-free
 Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
contrib non-free

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#223122

leonard morin schreef op 2020-06-06 17:14:
> Hello,
> 
> I hope all are well. I recently dual-installed debian from a live
> image on a usb along with Windows on a new computer. My friend gave me
> some guidance, but he is very busy so I don't want to bother him now.
> 
> When I first installed, my wifi didn't work on Debian, so I couldn't
> download Gnome. As you can see below, my friend gave me a fix to
> connect to wifi, but it didn't work. Nor is it possible to
> download/install Gnome, as you can see from the error messages below.
> Can anyone explain to me how to fix this? By the way, I'm hard-wired
> now. Thanks!
> 
> # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> # apt-get update
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> # apt-get upgrade
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> 
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> 
> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> 
>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> #deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
> contrib non-free
>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security
> main contrib non-free

Your source list has some errors. The easiest way to fix this is:
(run as root)

echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free" 
 > /etc/apt/sources.list

---
Floris

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On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:14:13 -0400
leonard morin <leonard.morin@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello leonard,

> Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

Both instances of that should either be deleted or have an # inserted at
the start of the line.  IMO, the former is preferable.

You may also wish to add an online repo, rather than relying on just the
CDs.

-- 
 Regards  _
         / )           "The blindingly obvious is
        / _)rad        never immediately apparent"
Only the wounded remain, the generals have all left the game
Generals - The Damned

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On 6/6/20 8:58 AM, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:14:13 -0400
> leonard morin <leonard.morin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello leonard,
>
>> Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> Both instances of that should either be deleted or have an # inserted at
> the start of the line.  IMO, the former is preferable.
>
> You may also wish to add an online repo, rather than relying on just the
> CDs.
>
Also, if what the OP pasted into his post was his entire 
/etc/apt/sources.list file, he is not using the CDs, either. Those lines 
were also commented out.  The only uncommented lines where the ones that 
SHOULD have been comments:

------Snipped from original post ----------------------------------------------------------
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free

  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#debhttp://security.debian.org/debian-security  bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-srchttp://security.debian.org/debian-security  bullseye-security main contrib non-free
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:30:05 -0700
Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Marc,

>/etc/apt/sources.list file, he is not using the CDs, either. Those
>lines were also commented out. 

Oops.  You are indeed correct - the line wrapping(1) confused me.  Thanks
for pointing it out.

(1) May not be the same as you saw due to screen size, window size and
so on.

-- 
 Regards  _
         / )           "The blindingly obvious is
        / _)rad        never immediately apparent"
We are the chosen
Changed - Judgement Centre

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#223133

Marc Shapiro schreef op 2020-06-06 20:30:
> On 6/6/20 8:58 AM, Brad Rogers wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:14:13 -0400
>> leonard morin <leonard.morin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello leonard,
>> 
>>> Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
>> 
>> Both instances of that should either be deleted or have an #
>> inserted at
>> the start of the line.  IMO, the former is preferable.
>> 
>> You may also wish to add an online repo, rather than relying on just
>> the
>> CDs.
> 
> Also, if what the OP pasted into his post was his entire
> /etc/apt/sources.list file, he is not using the CDs, either.  Those
> lines were also commented out.  The only uncommented lines where the
> ones that SHOULD have been comments:
> 
> ------Snipped from original post
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> 
>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> #deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
> contrib non-free
>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security
> main contrib non-free
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As far as I know http://security.debian.org/debian-security doesn't have 
all packages.
The OP also have to add a line like:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free

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Floris

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#223145

On 6/6/20 09:14, leonard morin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I hope all are well. I recently dual-installed debian from a live image
> on a usb along with Windows on a new computer. My friend gave me some
> guidance, but he is very busy so I don't want to bother him now.
> 
> When I first installed, my wifi didn't work on Debian, so I couldn't
> download Gnome. As you can see below, my friend gave me a fix to connect
> to wifi, but it didn't work. Nor is it possible to download/install
> Gnome, as you can see from the error messages below. Can anyone explain
> to me how to fix this? By the way, I'm hard-wired now. Thanks!
> 
> # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> # apt-get update
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> # apt-get upgrade
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.

At a guess, I would say these error messages occurred because
/etc/apt/sources.list is (functionally) empty - all the lines are
commented out.

I would add

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free

> 
> 
> 
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> 
> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> 
>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

Uncomment this line
> #deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
> contrib non-free

>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

And this one
> #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security
> main contrib non-free

(You could remove or omit the non-free and/or contrib if you don't
really need packages from those repositories).


Regards
Tom Dial

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#223149

Thanks to all you for your help! I followed your advice partially and was able to install Gnome. I don’t understand how it worked and I plan to try to figure that out tomorrow. Bedankt!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 6, 2020, at 6:51 PM, Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 6/6/20 09:14, leonard morin wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I hope all are well. I recently dual-installed debian from a live image
>> on a usb along with Windows on a new computer. My friend gave me some
>> guidance, but he is very busy so I don't want to bother him now.
>> 
>> When I first installed, my wifi didn't work on Debian, so I couldn't
>> download Gnome. As you can see below, my friend gave me a fix to connect
>> to wifi, but it didn't work. Nor is it possible to download/install
>> Gnome, as you can see from the error messages below. Can anyone explain
>> to me how to fix this? By the way, I'm hard-wired now. Thanks!
>> 
>> # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
>> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>> # apt-get update
>> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>> # apt-get upgrade
>> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> 
> At a guess, I would say these error messages occurred because
> /etc/apt/sources.list is (functionally) empty - all the lines are
> commented out.
> 
> I would add
> 
> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
>> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
>> 
>> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
>> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
>> 
>>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> 
> Uncomment this line
>> #deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
>> contrib non-free
> 
>>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> 
> And this one
>> #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security
>> main contrib non-free
> 
> (You could remove or omit the non-free and/or contrib if you don't
> really need packages from those repositories).
> 
> 
> Regards
> Tom Dial

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#223180

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Thanks again for all your help. Once again, at this point, I don't remember
how I did it, but I cleared the sources list and put in the Debian
repository to download Gnome. It's taking me a lot of effort to wield the
code since I'm new at this, and I don't want to cause irreparable damage.
Be well!

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 7:45 PM Leonard Morin <ltmorin@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Thanks to all you for your help! I followed your advice partially and was
> able to install Gnome. I don’t understand how it worked and I plan to try
> to figure that out tomorrow. Bedankt!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 6, 2020, at 6:51 PM, Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> >> On 6/6/20 09:14, leonard morin wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I hope all are well. I recently dual-installed debian from a live image
> >> on a usb along with Windows on a new computer. My friend gave me some
> >> guidance, but he is very busy so I don't want to bother him now.
> >>
> >> When I first installed, my wifi didn't work on Debian, so I couldn't
> >> download Gnome. As you can see below, my friend gave me a fix to connect
> >> to wifi, but it didn't work. Nor is it possible to download/install
> >> Gnome, as you can see from the error messages below. Can anyone explain
> >> to me how to fix this? By the way, I'm hard-wired now. Thanks!
> >>
> >> # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
> >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> >> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> >> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> >> # apt-get update
> >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> >> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> >> # apt-get upgrade
> >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> >> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> >> E: Type 'Line' is not known on line 7 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> >> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> >
> > At a guess, I would say these error messages occurred because
> > /etc/apt/sources.list is (functionally) empty - all the lines are
> > commented out.
> >
> > I would add
> >
> > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> >> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> >>
> >> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bullseye_ - Official Snapshot
> >> amd64 xfce-CD Binary-1 20200525-03:32]/ bullseye main contrib non-free
> >>
> >>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> >
> > Uncomment this line
> >> #deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
> >> contrib non-free
> >
> >>  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> >
> > And this one
> >> #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security
> >> main contrib non-free
> >
> > (You could remove or omit the non-free and/or contrib if you don't
> > really need packages from those repositories).
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Tom Dial
>
>

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