sources.list file malformed Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
This question already has an answer here:
How do I restore the default repositories?
3 answers
Now I get this error:
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
I would somehow like to get my original file back, plus some good instructions about how to install R that won't corrupt it.
ok - copied old version. Looks like the version after some program copied in the sources for the R package. Now get error:
sudo apt-get update
E: Malformed entry 50 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (absolute Suite Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Here is the file - what I think are lines 49 - 51. (Got an error about too many links when I tried to include the whole file)
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ apt update sudo
# deb-src https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ sudo apt update
(The first and third line start with #)
Ok - now tried gedit with line numbers on as you suggested. Just deleted line 50. Now get update is running. Don't know if R will actually install but this solves the issue I posted here. How do I accept your answer? And thank you very much for all your help.
apt
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
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asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
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marked as duplicate by Kulfy, Zanna, Charles Green, Eric Carvalho, RoVo Dec 21 '18 at 8:01
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This question already has an answer here:
How do I restore the default repositories?
3 answers
Now I get this error:
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
I would somehow like to get my original file back, plus some good instructions about how to install R that won't corrupt it.
ok - copied old version. Looks like the version after some program copied in the sources for the R package. Now get error:
sudo apt-get update
E: Malformed entry 50 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (absolute Suite Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Here is the file - what I think are lines 49 - 51. (Got an error about too many links when I tried to include the whole file)
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ apt update sudo
# deb-src https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ sudo apt update
(The first and third line start with #)
Ok - now tried gedit with line numbers on as you suggested. Just deleted line 50. Now get update is running. Don't know if R will actually install but this solves the issue I posted here. How do I accept your answer? And thank you very much for all your help.
apt
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
50.2k13132241
asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
42
marked as duplicate by Kulfy, Zanna, Charles Green, Eric Carvalho, RoVo Dec 21 '18 at 8:01
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
Interminal, dosudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*, and check the dates and sizes. If they're current enough, we can just copy one over to be sources.list. Show the list as an edit to your question. Also,geditwill show line numbers if you enable that in the prefs (and the plugin is enabed). Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Oct 26 '18 at 2:45
I know this is an old answer, but it should still work. askubuntu.com/questions/124017/…
– Terrance
Oct 26 '18 at 2:54
@heynnema Thanks got this:
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:48
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list.d: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 2018 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 23 22:30 ..
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:50
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This question already has an answer here:
How do I restore the default repositories?
3 answers
Now I get this error:
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
I would somehow like to get my original file back, plus some good instructions about how to install R that won't corrupt it.
ok - copied old version. Looks like the version after some program copied in the sources for the R package. Now get error:
sudo apt-get update
E: Malformed entry 50 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (absolute Suite Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Here is the file - what I think are lines 49 - 51. (Got an error about too many links when I tried to include the whole file)
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ apt update sudo
# deb-src https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ sudo apt update
(The first and third line start with #)
Ok - now tried gedit with line numbers on as you suggested. Just deleted line 50. Now get update is running. Don't know if R will actually install but this solves the issue I posted here. How do I accept your answer? And thank you very much for all your help.
apt
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
50.2k13132241
asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
42
This question already has an answer here:
How do I restore the default repositories?
3 answers
Now I get this error:
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
I would somehow like to get my original file back, plus some good instructions about how to install R that won't corrupt it.
ok - copied old version. Looks like the version after some program copied in the sources for the R package. Now get error:
sudo apt-get update
E: Malformed entry 50 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (absolute Suite Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Here is the file - what I think are lines 49 - 51. (Got an error about too many links when I tried to include the whole file)
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ apt update sudo
# deb-src https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ sudo apt update
(The first and third line start with #)
Ok - now tried gedit with line numbers on as you suggested. Just deleted line 50. Now get update is running. Don't know if R will actually install but this solves the issue I posted here. How do I accept your answer? And thank you very much for all your help.
This question already has an answer here:
How do I restore the default repositories?
3 answers
apt
apt
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
50.2k13132241
asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
42
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
50.2k13132241
asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
42
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
50.2k13132241
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
50.2k13132241
edited Dec 20 '18 at 11:00
Zanna
50.2k13132241
50.2k13132241
asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
42
asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
42
asked Oct 26 '18 at 2:35
Gary 1008
42
42
marked as duplicate by Kulfy, Zanna, Charles Green, Eric Carvalho, RoVo Dec 21 '18 at 8:01
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
marked as duplicate by Kulfy, Zanna, Charles Green, Eric Carvalho, RoVo Dec 21 '18 at 8:01
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
Interminal, dosudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*, and check the dates and sizes. If they're current enough, we can just copy one over to be sources.list. Show the list as an edit to your question. Also,geditwill show line numbers if you enable that in the prefs (and the plugin is enabed). Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Oct 26 '18 at 2:45
I know this is an old answer, but it should still work. askubuntu.com/questions/124017/…
– Terrance
Oct 26 '18 at 2:54
@heynnema Thanks got this:
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:48
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list.d: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 2018 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 23 22:30 ..
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:50
add a comment |
Interminal, dosudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*, and check the dates and sizes. If they're current enough, we can just copy one over to be sources.list. Show the list as an edit to your question. Also,geditwill show line numbers if you enable that in the prefs (and the plugin is enabed). Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Oct 26 '18 at 2:45
I know this is an old answer, but it should still work. askubuntu.com/questions/124017/…
– Terrance
Oct 26 '18 at 2:54
@heynnema Thanks got this:
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:48
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list.d: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 2018 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 23 22:30 ..
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:50
In
terminal, do sudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*, and check the dates and sizes. If they're current enough, we can just copy one over to be sources.list. Show the list as an edit to your question. Also, gedit will show line numbers if you enable that in the prefs (and the plugin is enabed). Report back to @heynnema– heynnema
Oct 26 '18 at 2:45
In
terminal, do sudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*, and check the dates and sizes. If they're current enough, we can just copy one over to be sources.list. Show the list as an edit to your question. Also, gedit will show line numbers if you enable that in the prefs (and the plugin is enabed). Report back to @heynnema– heynnema
Oct 26 '18 at 2:45
I know this is an old answer, but it should still work. askubuntu.com/questions/124017/…
– Terrance
Oct 26 '18 at 2:54
I know this is an old answer, but it should still work. askubuntu.com/questions/124017/…
– Terrance
Oct 26 '18 at 2:54
@heynnema Thanks got this:
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:48
@heynnema Thanks got this:
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:48
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list.d: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 2018 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 23 22:30 ..
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:50
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list.d: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 2018 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 23 22:30 ..
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:50
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From the comments...
In terminal do...
sudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*
answer:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save
funny enough, they're both the same date, but sources.list.old is much larger than sources.list.save, so I suspect that's the one we need. Let's briefly look at each one...
cd /etc/apt # change directory
cat sources.list.old # view the .old file
cat sources.list.save # view the .save file
Does the .old file look more complete? If so, do this...
sudo rm -i sources.list # remove the old empty sources.list
sudo cp sources.list.old sources.list # copy over a replacement
sudo apt-get update # update the software database
- you shouldn't get any errors on this last step. If you do, put a list of the errors as an edit to your question... not in the comments, please.
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
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1 Answer
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active
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active
oldest
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From the comments...
In terminal do...
sudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*
answer:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save
funny enough, they're both the same date, but sources.list.old is much larger than sources.list.save, so I suspect that's the one we need. Let's briefly look at each one...
cd /etc/apt # change directory
cat sources.list.old # view the .old file
cat sources.list.save # view the .save file
Does the .old file look more complete? If so, do this...
sudo rm -i sources.list # remove the old empty sources.list
sudo cp sources.list.old sources.list # copy over a replacement
sudo apt-get update # update the software database
- you shouldn't get any errors on this last step. If you do, put a list of the errors as an edit to your question... not in the comments, please.
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
18.1k22054
add a comment |
From the comments...
In terminal do...
sudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*
answer:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save
funny enough, they're both the same date, but sources.list.old is much larger than sources.list.save, so I suspect that's the one we need. Let's briefly look at each one...
cd /etc/apt # change directory
cat sources.list.old # view the .old file
cat sources.list.save # view the .save file
Does the .old file look more complete? If so, do this...
sudo rm -i sources.list # remove the old empty sources.list
sudo cp sources.list.old sources.list # copy over a replacement
sudo apt-get update # update the software database
- you shouldn't get any errors on this last step. If you do, put a list of the errors as an edit to your question... not in the comments, please.
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
18.1k22054
add a comment |
From the comments...
In terminal do...
sudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*
answer:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save
funny enough, they're both the same date, but sources.list.old is much larger than sources.list.save, so I suspect that's the one we need. Let's briefly look at each one...
cd /etc/apt # change directory
cat sources.list.old # view the .old file
cat sources.list.save # view the .save file
Does the .old file look more complete? If so, do this...
sudo rm -i sources.list # remove the old empty sources.list
sudo cp sources.list.old sources.list # copy over a replacement
sudo apt-get update # update the software database
- you shouldn't get any errors on this last step. If you do, put a list of the errors as an edit to your question... not in the comments, please.
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
18.1k22054
From the comments...
In terminal do...
sudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*
answer:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save
funny enough, they're both the same date, but sources.list.old is much larger than sources.list.save, so I suspect that's the one we need. Let's briefly look at each one...
cd /etc/apt # change directory
cat sources.list.old # view the .old file
cat sources.list.save # view the .save file
Does the .old file look more complete? If so, do this...
sudo rm -i sources.list # remove the old empty sources.list
sudo cp sources.list.old sources.list # copy over a replacement
sudo apt-get update # update the software database
- you shouldn't get any errors on this last step. If you do, put a list of the errors as an edit to your question... not in the comments, please.
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
18.1k22054
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
18.1k22054
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
18.1k22054
answered Oct 26 '18 at 18:11
heynnema
18.1k22054
18.1k22054
add a comment |
add a comment |
In
terminal, dosudo ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.*, and check the dates and sizes. If they're current enough, we can just copy one over to be sources.list. Show the list as an edit to your question. Also,geditwill show line numbers if you enable that in the prefs (and the plugin is enabed). Report back to @heynnema– heynnema
Oct 26 '18 at 2:45
I know this is an old answer, but it should still work. askubuntu.com/questions/124017/…
– Terrance
Oct 26 '18 at 2:54
@heynnema Thanks got this:
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:48
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3396 Oct 23 12:21 /etc/apt/sources.list.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Oct 23 22:31 /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list.d: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 2018 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 23 22:30 ..
– Gary 1008
Oct 26 '18 at 17:50