Repo Error in Synaptic

[felix672]

Greetings:

I am a newbie so please be patient.

I was preparing to load Netflix Desk top using instructions I found on http://pristinesource.blogspot.com/2013/03/netflix-for-linux-httpwww.html. One instruction said to enable this repo: http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main.

After I added it to Synaptic I refreshed Synaptic and got this error message:

E: Malformed line 5 in source list /etc/apt/sources.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.

Now I keep getting this error each time I try to open Synaptic. What do I do?

Thank you.

Felix

[Monsta]

One instruction said to enable this repo: http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main

That "instruction" contains a typo (there should be a space between testing and main, not a slash) and a questionable advice (adding Ubuntu PPAs to Debian).

Anyway, to clarify things, please post the output of this command:

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inxi -Sr

[felix672]

Hello Monsta:

Here's the output.

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felix@optiplex ~ $ inxi -Sr
System:    Host optiplex Kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Distro LinuxMint 1 debian
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
           deb http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/latest testing main contrib non-free
           deb http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

[Monsta]

Seems alright. Does Synaptic still say something?

[kurotsugi]

I think we need to see the content of /etc/apt/sources.list. please run 'cat /etc/apt/sources.list' and give us the result.