How to resolve Skipping acquire of configured file Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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I'm new to ubuntu... when I type sudo apt-get update command, I get those. Help!

 Reading package lists... Done
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 
'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the component 
'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/binary-amd64/Packages' as 
 repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the 
 component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/i18n/Translation-en' as repository 
 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the component 
 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/i18n/Translation-en_US' as           
 repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the      
 component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/dep11/Components-amd64.yml' as      
 repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the 
 component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/dep11/Components-all.yml' as 
 repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the 
 component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?) 
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/dep11/icons-48x48.tar' as 
 repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the 
 component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/dep11/icons-64x64.tar' as 
 repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the 
 component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/dep11/icons-64x64@2.tar' as 
 repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the 
 component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/cnf/Commands-amd64' as repository 
 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the component 
 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
 W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/cnf/Commands-all' as repository 
 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease' doesn't have the component 
 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)

Does this answer your question? How do I restore the default repositories? — BeastOfCaerbannog, Apr 05 '23 at 12:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '23 at 10:48

You have added some items to your /etc/apt/sources.list or added files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d which refer to Debian repositories. While Ubuntu uses the "deb" package format, originating on Debian, Ubuntu is not Debian. You should not use Debian repositories on Ubuntu.

You should remove or adjust the lines you added to those files, which refer to deb.debian.org. If you keep them, and somehow manage to install packages from there, you almost certainly will break your install of Ubuntu.

I have the same warning since not long. I could not find deb.debian.org whether in /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d. — as5, May 02 '23 at 17:49

How to resolve Skipping acquire of configured file Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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