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when i go into terminal and type in sudo apt-get update, the response is: E: Malformed line 64 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse) E: Type ‘

can this be fixed?

kiara83936
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Edit file /etc/apt/sources.list

$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Got to line 64 and fix the error. If you can not find the error, comment the line. A commented line starts with #.

The deb lines should look like 

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ <dist> <section>`

Where

  • dist : precise, utopic, ...
  • section : universe, main, partner, ...

Please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/CommandLine

ztik
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To fix this issue, just do a backup of your existing "sources.list" available in the location : /etc/apt/

Steps to backup source.list, 

1. Open the terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T

2. cd /etc/apt/

3. sudo cp source.list /etc/apt/source.list.bak 

4. sudo sed -i -e '64d' /etc/apt/sources.list (this deletes the problematic line)

5. sudo apt-get update (this updates the database)

hopefully this should fixes the issue - if not, please revert back the source file with the bak file we created in step 3.

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  • after doing these steps E: Type ‘<!DOCTYPE’ is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list E: The list of sources could not be read. appears on the screen and now when i try to type in a command my computer name appears with /etc/apt$ on the end – kiara83936 Dec 04 '14 at 22:17