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How do I fix a malformed line from my sources.list?

Aouatif Bouka

1/10/23, 4:03 PM

I have a Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, i neaad to install Korn sh package but a problem occured when i try to launch the following command: sudo apt-get update before installing the ksh package.

Here is the result of the command:

#sudo apt-get update
E: Malformed entry 3 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

The contents of the file /etc/apt/sources.list:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb  focal main restricted
# deb-src  focal main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb  focal-updates main restricted
# deb-src  focal-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb  focal universe
# deb-src  focal universe
deb  focal-updates universe
# deb-src  focal-updates universe

Could you please tell me where is the line 3 that is issued and help me to fix the problem on it please?

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Aouatif Bouka

1/10/23, 4:06 PM

may be the content of the file is not well readable with this format:

jpbrain

1/10/23, 4:40 PM

Hi. Seems you are missing the urls after deb*.

heynnema

1/10/23, 4:42 PM

There's more wrong here than just line 3. ALL of the URLs are missing. Did you manually edit this file?

user535733

1/10/23, 4:43 PM

The question is different, but the solution is the same: [How do I restore the default repositories?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/124017/how-do-i-restore-the-default-repositories). Looks to me like you should start over with a fresh set of default sources. I don't know how you managed to mangle your sources.list file like that, but try to avoid it next time.

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heynnema

1/10/23, 7:06 PM

Replacement for /etc/apt/sources.list...

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 20.04 LTS _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20200423)]/ focal main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse

# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.

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Aouatif Bouka

1/13/23, 1:16 PM

hi, yes i found an other file /etc/apt/sources.list.old that contain all of the URLs, i used it and it works fine.

heynnema

1/19/23, 1:22 PM

@AouatifBouka Status please...

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EN: How do I fix a malformed line from my sources.list?

TH: ฉันจะแก้ไขบรรทัดที่มีรูปแบบไม่ถูกต้องจาก source.list ของฉันได้อย่างไร

RO: Cum repar o linie incorectă din source.list-ul meu?

RU: Как исправить некорректную строку в файле sources.list?

VI: Làm cách nào để sửa một dòng không đúng định dạng từ nguồn.list của tôi?

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