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I hate to say it but, I’m extremely new to all of this and looks to me like I’ve hit a simple roadblock but I’m confused as to how I should fix this...

so my issue is pretty much any command I run leads to the error listed below, with the first line being an example of an attempted command...

Sudo apt-get update

E: Malformed entry 9 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)

E:The list of sources could not be read.

LinguisticPot
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    This will get closed as a duplicate as it gets asked all the time. The answer is that you have a bad line 9 in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, just like it says. If you want specific help, edit your question and add the contents of that file. – Organic Marble Jan 03 '21 at 02:53
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    You already asked this here and were referred to previous answers. Have you tried applying them? if so, in what way did they not work for you? – steeldriver Jan 03 '21 at 02:54
  • Someone with sudo rights on your machine, has edited the file listed in the error message and introduced an error in line 9 of that file. The error message is pretty helpful (in my opinion) giving pretty clear issues on where the error is (the line is malformed for a sources file). By looking at the timestamp of the file you'll see it was changed. As per prior comments, as we cannot see the file, we can't help you further. – guiverc Jan 03 '21 at 03:10

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