While removing atom following error are shown

Question

I tried to uninstall atom from ubuntu 16.04 using

sudo apt remove atom || sudo apt remove --purge atom

command and following are the errors, please help me in resolving the issue.

E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list (Suite)    
E: The list of sources could not be read.    
E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list (Suite)    
E: The list of sources could not be read.

While running the following command

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

this was the output: deb https://download.sublimetext.com/apt/dev/

output for cat command

Let's see what's in here /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list with cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list add to your question! — George Udosen, Oct 28 '17 at 06:04
I have gone with the similar solution but still the problem is not resolved, I am trying to remove atom and i am getting this errors, also while installing sublime I am getting these errors — Kushagra Varade, Oct 28 '17 at 07:13
@George Please check the question iI have attached an screenshot — Kushagra Varade, Oct 28 '17 at 07:19

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '17 at 07:41

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Open that file using nano text editor and add a space like so:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
```
deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/dev/
```

Then run sudo apt update, and try again.

answered Oct 28 '17 at 07:41

George Udosen

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E: The package libisccfg140 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. It is now showing me this error and a warning when I run sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3 error is /etc/apt/sources.list/ @george – Kushagra Varade Oct 28 '17 at 08:47
Please post another question for the installation of atom. – George Udosen Oct 28 '17 at 08:59

While removing atom following error are shown

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