sources.list [ SOLVED ]

[Gordon]

Hi folks
trying to run apt-get update and I keep getting this

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Hit:1 http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid InRelease                           
Hit:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease             
Reading package lists... Done                               
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid InRelease' doesn't have the component 'contrib' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/i18n/Translation-en_GB' as repository 'http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid InRelease' doesn't have the component 'contrib' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/i18n/Translation-en' as repository 'http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid InRelease' doesn't have the component 'contrib' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
root@Bruce:/home/gordon# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid InRelease                           
Hit:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease             
Reading package lists... Done


this is my source list

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deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free


## Unofficial Repos ##

# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid non-free
# Liquorix sources added by smxi
# deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main contrib non-free


and i can't see what's wrong. Its been like that for ages and smxi never complains

[PackRat]

deb-multimedia is deprecated so comment out those entries

The deb-multimedia packages were meged into Debian proper repositories quite a while ago. Comment those ligns out and do a system upgrade. If get a message to upgrade the key file, go ahead and accept it.

[Gordon]

Hi PackRat

Thanks for that. It has cured my problem with that list and updated ok but I still have problems with trying to install my scanner' so back to try and sort it out.