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I was trying to install Skype, then Software Center reported a critical bug and refused to start up.

Asked by Ryan S

I tried to install Skype for Linux, but when Software Center opened to install the program, it crashed and gave me this error:

E:Malformed line 60 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)

in an error report saying it was a serious bug that I should report. Now Software Center refuses to open, repeating the error message. I tried reinstalling Software Center via Terminal but it changed nothing.

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Ryan S (f57c24e1) said : 		#1

And when I try to run it using

sudo -H software-center

it returns

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__contains__'

right before returning me to the command line.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

What is the output of :

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

Thanks

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Ryan S (f57c24e1) said : 		#3

It lists a bunch of things:

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140204)]/ dists/precise/main/binary-i386/
     2
     3 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140204)]/ dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/
     4 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140204)]/ precise main restricted
     5
     6 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     7 # newer versions of the distribution.
     8 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
     9 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
    10
    11 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    12 ## distribution.
    13 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
    14 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
    15
    16 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    17 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    18 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    19 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
    20 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
    21 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
    22 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
    23
    24 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    25 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    26 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    27 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    28 ## security team.
    29 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
    30 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
    31 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
    32 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
    33
    34 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    35 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    36 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    37 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    38 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    39 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    40 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    41
    42 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
    43 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
    44 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
    45 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
    46 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
    47 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
    48
    49 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    50 ## 'partner' repository.
    51 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    52 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    53 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
    54 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
    55
    56 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    57 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    58 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
    59 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
    60 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ partner
    61 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ partner

so there is an error in line 60, which is deb http://archive.canonical.com/ partner?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Run:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Change:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ partner

To:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner

Save the new file, close gedit and run:

sudo apt-get update

Is it now smooth?

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Ryan S (f57c24e1) said : 		#5

It works!! Thanks!! :D