E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

Daniel Klasen

2/10/23, 9:44 PM

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.

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guiverc

2/10/23, 9:50 PM

The directory `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/` is empty on a new Ubuntu (or *flavor*) install, so a user has added an incorrectly formatted file `steam.list` there. The error messages tells you the line and file that needs correction (*note: subsequent lines were not read so may contain errors as well; it stops reading at first line with error so scan the whole file for issues*)

Score:-3

Ubuntu

Daniel Klasen

2/10/23, 9:45 PM

sudo rm -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl
curl -s http://repo.sinew.in/keys/enpass-linux.key | sudo apt-key add
echo "deb http://repo.sinew.in/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/enpass.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install enpass

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matigo

2/10/23, 9:56 PM

What does this have to do with your question? It looks to be completely unrelated aside from the removal of the offending list file …

user535733

2/10/23, 10:07 PM

This seems a rather severe solution to the question that you asked. You merely needed to delete one line to undo your mistake. Everything else on this list of commands seems irrelevant to your question, and perhaps counterproductive to future readers.

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

TH: E: ไม่รู้จักประเภท 'sudo' ในบรรทัดที่ 2 ในรายการซอร์ส /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

RO: E: Tipul „sudo” nu este cunoscut pe linia 2 din lista sursă /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

RU: E: Тип «sudo» неизвестен в строке 2 в списке исходников /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

VI: E: Nhập 'sudo' không được biết trên dòng 2 trong danh sách nguồn /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

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