Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file with apt-get update

Question

Whenever I execute apt-get update on my ubuntu 14.04, I get this error !

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'universe/binary-amd64/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

Anyone knows how to fix it ?

please edit and add output of sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list — Ravan, Sep 27 '15 at 05:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '15 at 23:00

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Change the mirror server from the "Software & Updates" under "Ubuntu Software"

answered Oct 03 '15 at 23:00

user3726967

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Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file with apt-get update

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