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i always get the following errors when i do sudo apt-get update. How do i fix them?

W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/partner i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_partner_binary-i386_Packages) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

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please run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade and let us know what the output is - copy and paste the output into your question. – fossfreedom♦ Mar 19 '12 at 18:37
here is the output.. Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. – gforce89 Mar 19 '12 at 18:42

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As it says you have a duplicate in your sources list. How you fix this can depend on the Package Manager(s) that you use. To go straight to the sources list, open a Terminal and issue the command:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Look for the duplicate. You can disable one by putting a # at the beginning of the line or removing duplicate lines. 

http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/partner
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thank you so much htorque. this worked – gforce89 Mar 19 '12 at 18:54

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