will Systemback restore Synapic?

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Hi,

I did what the following poster did and cannot Update nor open Synaptic - I will quote my own results below his.
I have looked at a thread dealing with similar, with a lot of investigating  code etc - I'm just too tired, I'm not up to it. I can handle a Systemback if I know that will restore Synaptic (ie without the offending code), then I can try to find a way to install SeaMonkey!

The original thread is at https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/on-to...n-lite/15/  but I thought a new topic might be more appropriate. I will pass any solution back to the others there.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.

Other poster's post (his comment begins at "did that, now how do I fix ...":

"Quote from: RandomBoy on June 28, 2017, 07:16:02 PM

    OMYGOSH YES!  Seamonkey has thousands fewer lines of code than Firefox!  PLUS it has a simple, Thunderbird-like e-mail client. And yet it is faster and more nimble.  Most Firefox add-ons work in Seamonkey too.  Seamonkey is the default on other lightweight distros because of it's speed, low demand on resources, and "Firefox-like" interface.  It would be an awesome first choice for Linux Lite, and in keeping with it's philosophy.

    Wanna try it?


    Clicky add it to Linux Lite by adding the Ubuntuzilla repository.


    Open a terminal and type


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    sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29



    Then add the repository:



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    echo -e “ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project...ozilla/apt all main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null



    Now you can close the terminal and open Synaptic Package Manager for a nice friendly graphical way to install Seamonkey.  Refresh Synaptic, and Seamonkey should appear among the choices now.  Simply find it and click and Mark for Installation -> Apply.

 

did that, how do I fix this?

    ===========================
    Install Updates Error log
    ===========================
    Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
    Go to https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

    ============ Log ===========

    E: Type '“ndeb' is not known on line 59 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
    E: The list of sources could not be read."




My own post (before I saw the above):

" Randomboy in this thread offered command llnes for adding SeaMonkey to Synaptic.
Is that information given correct?
I did enter those command lines, now I cannot open Synaptic - I get the following:

An error occurred..

E: Type ‘“ndeb’ is not known on line 20 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.


I then tried to "Install Updates" and got the following:

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

E: Type ‘“ndeb’ is not known on line 20 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.

How do I get out of this? "



Another poster suggested we remove the "n" from "ndeb", but no idea how.

Anyway, Systemback will do for me if it promises to restore Synaptic and Updates.  if so, I can do a restore from my Home backup, which may restore various settings, but hopefully not the ndeb or whatever!  :-\