ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 168, Issue 3

[djlafond]

Hi Colin,

Thanks. i tried it but sudo apt clean didn't work, generated this output:

E: Malformed entry 60 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

Not sure what my next move is . . . . Thanks for the response.

best,

david


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> On 2 August 2018 at 02:48, djlafond via ubuntu-users <
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> > Hi all,
> > Software Updater won't run at all & i got the following error message in
> > the drop-down below the warning icon, red circle with the horizontal white
> > bar through it.
> > An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or
> > apt-get in a terminal window to see what went wrong. The error message was:
> > ‘Error: Opening the cache (E:Malformed entry 60 in list file
> > /etc/apt/sources.list (Component), E:The list of sources could not be
> > read.)’. This usually means that your installed packages have unmet
> > dependencies.
>
> In a terminal run
>
> sudo apt clean
>
> to clear the cache, then
>
> sudo apt update
>
> If that runs without error then
>
> sudo apt upgrade
>
> to upgrade any packages that are out of date.
>
> Colin
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