My sources file is empty

[A.B.S.H.N]

Hi, I beginner in linux and I installed linux mint KDE and when I opened the sources file was contain
'# /etc/apt/sources.list'
and when I tried to do 'apt-get update' I got 'Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.'


sorry for my bad english
please help me

[viking777]

For reasons known only to themselves the MInt team decided to confuse their users by moving the official sources to:

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/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

Look inside that (it is a file not a folder) and see what you have.

I don't use KDE though so it might be different.

[kukamuumuka]

For reasons known only to themselves the MInt team decided to confuse their users by moving the official sources to

It is progress ..
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[A.B.S.H.N]

For reasons known only to themselves the MInt team decided to confuse their users by moving the official sources to:

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/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

Look inside that (it is a file not a folder) and see what you have.

I don't use KDE though so it might be different.

doesn't work
'bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list: No such file or directory'

[viking777]

bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list: No such file or directory'

Well now you know the cause of your problem.

I would suggest you look in System Settings/Software Sources and see what is set in there.

I repeat the caveat though that I know nothing whatsoever about KDE, it might work differently, though I doubt it is that different.

[kukamuumuka]

I think that the old sources destination could work with these new systems also. Make /etc/apt/sources.list by hand an see what happens. Delete the file if not work.

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sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update

Mint 16 sources.list -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 82#p805843