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E:Malformed line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list (URI)

^^ This is what I get back, earlier I was trying to get Pokemon Online to install properly, and it wasn't working, so I tried to get getdeb, now it won't check or show updates without giving me the message above, what am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Now it keeps sending me the information that it's experiencing an error continually.

EDIT 2: These are the contents of the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list:

deb http://    archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps  
deb  
http://   archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps  
deb http://    archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps  
deb http://    archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb games
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  • The error is telling you you have a bad line in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list. Please post the contents of that file. Also, "this is what I get back" is not exactly clear. You get that when you do what? – terdon Mar 09 '14 at 02:04
  • http://i60.tinypic.com/2e50eht.png Here, exactly what it says to me when i try to click, "show updates" – WaffleyOne Mar 09 '14 at 02:16
  • Thanks, you had not said you were clicking on "show updates". You still haven't shown the contents of the file I asked for though, that is the reason for your error. Specifically, the second line of the file has a format error but I can't tell you what it is without seeing the file. – terdon Mar 09 '14 at 02:17
  • Okay, where do I go to find that, if you couldn't tell, I'm pretty new to Ubuntu and don't have much any idea what I'm doing, especially since the OS updated to something a bunch of numbers ahead of what was detailed in the manual that the disk came with. – WaffleyOne Mar 09 '14 at 02:22
  • The file is at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list, just open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), paste this: cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list, then hit enter and add the results to your question. Ping me (@terdon) if you want to let me know you have done so. – terdon Mar 09 '14 at 02:23
  • deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb games

    @terdon

     – WaffleyOne Mar 09 '14 at 02:29
  • Please [edit] your question to add extra info, it is hard to read and easy to miss in the comments. I can't tell where each line ends for example. – terdon Mar 09 '14 at 02:31
  • edited, but it wasn't behaving so I placed tally marks between the individual lines. – WaffleyOne Mar 09 '14 at 02:41
  • See here for help on using the editor. – terdon Mar 09 '14 at 02:42

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If I read the question correctly, your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list looks like this:

deb http:// archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps
deb
http:// archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps
deb http:// archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps
deb http:// archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb games

If so, the problem is indeed on the second line. deb lines have this format:

deb http://repo.url.com repo_section(s)

So, open that file in an editor using sudo 

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list

Then, edit the file so that it looks like this:

deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb games

Make sure each lines starts with deb and that there are no spaces between http:// and archive.

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