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I think something is quite wrong with my sources lists.

apt-get update isn't working and I can't install anything, every package can't be found. Here is some output from my terminal that I hope is helpful.

bleakley
/etc/apt
≈:≈ ls
apt.conf.d     sources.list.d     trustdb.gpg  trusted.gpg.d
preferences.d  sources.list.save  trusted.gpg  trusted.gpg~

cat sources.list.save give me unreadable binary output

bleakley
/etc/apt/sources.list.d
≈:≈ ls
atareao-atareao-trusty.list.save  spotify.list.save

bleakley
/etc/apt/sources.list.d
≈:≈ cat atareao-atareao-trusty.list.save 
cat: atareao-atareao-trusty.list.save: Input/output error

The spotify.list is binary, too.

How do I go about getting my source.list back in order?

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1 Answers1

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  1. Remove the useless files

    sudo rm /etc/apt/*.save
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.save

  2. Create a new sources.list

    sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-backports main universe multiverse restricted"
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-updates main universe multiverse restricted"
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-security main multiverse restricted universe"
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main multiverse restricted universe"

  3. Refresh and upgrade

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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