Wierd Error message at end of apt-get update/install -Solved

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Wierd Error message at end of apt-get update/install -Solved

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I always get

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W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/helena/Release  Unable to find expected entry  community/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Since the day I installed Mint 8. How do I fix that up. Not that it has affected me in any way, I'm just wondering how to fix it.
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Re: Wierd Error message at end of apt-get update/install

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Interesting. Open a terminal, type "sudo apt sources" and post what's in that file.
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Re: Wierd Error message at end of apt-get update/install

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I have all my sources posted here:


http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=41057

With the exception being that the Debian sources are now with a # in front of them.
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Re: Wierd Error message at end of apt-get update/install

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Helena doesn't have a repository named "community" so if you remove that word then you should be good. Basically change:

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ helena main upstream import community backport romeo
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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ helena main upstream import backport romeo
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Perfect. Thanks :)
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