problem loading repository [Solved]

I tried to add ( by clicking ) repository’s and they fail
eg ticked multiverse and get this error
Failed to fetch http://packages.netrunner-os.com/dists/frontier-14/InRelease Unable to find expected entry ‘multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages’ in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Any ideas
Dave

Multiverse is activated by default for the ubuntu repositories. There is no multiverse in the packages.netrunner-os.com repository.
So I advice you to deactivate that in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-*.list file by removing the multiverse from this particular line. You need superuser rights to edit this file (e.g. Execute kdesudo kate to open up kate with superuser rights)

Leszek just now beat me to it as I was typing. :slight_smile:
http://packages.netrunner-os.com/dists/frontier-14/

It is automagically being added when you tick the box when adding repositories in synaptic

Multiverse Box not ticked

Do not edit this file manually, use Software Sources instead.

deb http://packages.netrunner-os.com frontier-14 main #id:netrunner_main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netrunner-os/frontier-14/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netrunner-os/frontier-14-packages/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netrunner-os/frontier-14-updates/ubuntu trusty main

deb http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner

Multiverse box ticked

Do not edit this file manually, use Software Sources instead.

deb http://packages.netrunner-os.com frontier-14 main multiverse #id:netrunner_main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netrunner-os/frontier-14/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netrunner-os/frontier-14-packages/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netrunner-os/frontier-14-updates/ubuntu trusty main

deb http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner

Does this mean when the boxes are unticked in synaptic repositories they are available?

Dave

Exactly.

Does this mean when the boxes are unticked in synaptic repositories they are available?

Dave

As you can see here

Multiverse and Universe are activated.

Thanks

Dave

I still get messages from Synaptic telling me that particular sources were skipped;

Here is the latest :

Failed to fetch http://packages.netrunner-os.com/dists/frontier-14/InRelease Unable to find expected entry ‘unstable/binary-i386/Packages’ in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

So the mystery continues …

This means there is a list entry which is completely wrong and you need to remove it from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-*.list

The problem is where synaptic is placing the ticked repositories in the setup. It is adding it to the netrunner line and not enabling the correct repository.
deb http://packages.netrunner-os.com frontier-14 main (synaptic is adding it here) #id:netrunner_main

Best it you open the file to see if the repository you want is enabled manually.
and when you update the repository open up the details and make sure you see it updated.

I am not by the distro now so I can only suggest that you open a terminal and
sudo dolphin and then go to the folder /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and look in official-*.list file with kate and look for a file similar to the one I have above.

Dave