sudo apt-get update command not working what i do

Question

I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 and I tried running:

sudo apt-get update

But I get the below error:

E: Malformed line 59 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

Could you please edit your question to include what line 59 says in the /etc/apt/sources.list it points to. — , Apr 18 '15 at 13:56
Did you edit that file before? Could you edit your post to contain it? — Jacajack, Apr 18 '15 at 13:56
Mine /etc/apt/sources.list is 57 lines long so you probably added something to it. — Jacajack, Apr 18 '15 at 13:59

TheWanderer · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-18T15:19:40.927

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In Terminal, run sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and scroll down to line 59. Put a # before whatever's listed there (Thanks, Jacajack), save it and then run sudo apt-get update.

edited Apr 18 '15 at 15:19

answered Apr 18 '15 at 14:21

TheWanderer

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Or add # before it. It's just safer. – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 14:42
@Jacajack Before what? – TheWanderer Apr 18 '15 at 14:44
Before that line in /etc/apt/sources.list, to comment it out. – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 14:45
No problem, Zacharee. ;) – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 15:20

sudo apt-get update command not working what i do

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