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So my original problem was that I couldn't get the ubuntu software centre to startup, it would just freeze for a while loading and then would crash.

So i tried to remove USC : Successfully

When I came to re-install I ran into a problem with the sudo-apt install / get and loads of other commands.

This is what i get when i enter sudo apt-get update

E: Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)

E: The list of sources could not be read.

I looked into the folder /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and there seems to be no source list file, however there appears to be one in its parent folder.

I'm still new to this and I couldn't find a solution anywhere on the forums. Help is greatly appreciated :)

Thanks !

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  • read the error more closely, the file is in /etc/apt and the file name is sources.list – mchid Jan 26 '15 at 16:53
  • you are correct sire :) – James Gabarretta Jan 26 '15 at 22:08
  • if you add any ppas, each repository will have it's own file and each of these files will be found in /etc/apt/sources.list.d. You were right to assume that directory at first as it is more common for there to be a malformed file there because that's usually where extra non-supported repos are added. – mchid Jan 26 '15 at 22:19

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open a terminal and type the following command

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Now, scroll down to line 56. There is your problem. What is different about this line? Is there a typo somewhere? Did you add this line manually?

To get around this problem, you can delete this line or comment it out by placing a # at the beginning of the line. After fixing the line, removing it, or commenting it out, save the file.

After saving the file run this command:

sudo apt-get update

There should be no error anymore.

To apply updates, run these commands:

sudo apt-get upgrade

If it mentions any packages held back, you can run this command to install them:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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