Making and deleting deb files in sources.list.d dir. Permissions issue

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I put a file into my sources.list.d dir and is not formated correctly. I get an error about malformed line in source list '/etc/apt/source.list.d/precise-R.list' (dit parse). I forgot to put the #deb ... line. I tried to remove but I am denied permission. How do I get rid of that file?

I am new to Ubuntu precise and trying to put a deb file into sources.list.d dir but do not know how. At terminal I used:

sudo cp /home/steve/Steve1/precise-R.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/precise-R.list

And got the file in to the dir and now I cannot get out. Anytime I try other method to put this file into sources.list.d and save I am denied -- I do not have permission. How do I set the permission so I can make deb files correctly next time?

possible duplicate of How do I remove a malformed line from my sources.list? — A.B., Jul 06 '15 at 17:22
Use sudo vim /etc/apt/source.list.d/precise-R.list, then insert for start typing, :wq for save and quit, or :q! quit without saving. — jangorecki, Mar 20 '16 at 21:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 10 '17 at 08:25

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You need to use sudo - use the command sudo before the command you want to execute to run it with administrator privileges.

To remove the malformed line in precise-R.list enter the following command into the terminal:

sudo -H gedit /etc/apt/source.list.d/precise-R.list

To remove the file:

sudo rm /etc/apt/source.list.d/precise-R.list

edited Jun 10 '17 at 08:25

Zanna

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answered Jul 06 '15 at 17:23

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Making and deleting deb files in sources.list.d dir. Permissions issue

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