Happens to me on Kubuntu 9.04 Alpha5 (x64) as well when I forgot the 'e' in "deb" in the URL. This is the output from adept:
Constructing PkgSystem PkgSystem Score:32 E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied) E: Type 'db' is not known on line 55 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list E: Type 'db' is not known on line 55 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list Qt has caught an exception thrown from an event handler. Throwing exceptions from an event handler is not supported in Qt. You must reimplement QApplication::notify() and catch all exceptions there. terminate called after throwing an instance of 'wibble::exception::System' what(): Success. Context: The list of sources could not be read. Aborted (core dumped) -- Adept Manager crashes when you add bad URL of a mirror https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211674 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to adept in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs