update wont work?

Asked by Kelly

daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 120, in <module>
    with apt.Cache() as cache:
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 107, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 151, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Type '-----BEGIN' is not known on line 3 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-trusty.list, E:The list of sources could not be read., E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
cat: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch: No such file or directory
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for daniel:
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ ep proxy /etc/environment
ep: command not found
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ echo $http_proxy

daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ uname -a
Linux daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC 3.13.0-66-generic #108-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 7 15:20:27 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
^?daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkstatus-bad
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Type '-----BEGIN' is not known on line 3 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-trusty.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up root-plugin-graf2d-x11:amd64 (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libstdc++-4.8-dev:amd64 (4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04) ...
Setting up libgl2ps-dev (1.3.8-1) ...
Setting up root-plugin-gui-guibuilder:amd64 (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up root-system-bin (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libgfortran-4.8-dev:amd64 (4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04) ...
Setting up libroot-graf3d-gl-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up gfortran-4.8 (4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04) ...
Setting up x11proto-kb-dev (1.0.6-2) ...
Setting up root-plugin-hist-histpainter:amd64 (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libpthread-stubs0-dev:amd64 (0.3-4) ...
Setting up gfortran (4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6) ...
Setting up libssl-doc (1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.15) ...
Setting up xtrans-dev (1.3.5-1~ubuntu14.04.1) ...
Setting up comerr-dev (2.1-1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3) ...
Setting up zlib1g-dev:amd64 (1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
Setting up xorg-sgml-doctools (1:1.11-1) ...
Setting up libpcre3-dev:amd64 (1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up libx11-doc (2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up cfortran (4.4-14) ...
Setting up g++-4.8 (4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04) ...
Setting up krb5-multidev (1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1) ...
Setting up g++ (4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6) ...
Setting up libpng12-dev (1.2.50-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up x11proto-core-dev (7.0.26-1~ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libssl-dev:amd64 (1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.15) ...
Setting up libkrb5-dev (1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1) ...
Setting up libfreetype6-dev (2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5) ...
Setting up x11proto-input-dev (2.3-1) ...
Setting up libxdmcp-dev:amd64 (1:1.1.1-1) ...
Setting up libxau-dev:amd64 (1:1.0.8-1) ...
Setting up libxcb1-dev:amd64 (1.10-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libx11-dev:amd64 (2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libxpm-dev:amd64 (1:3.5.10-1) ...
Setting up libroot-core-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-io-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-tree-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-math-mathcore-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-net-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-geom-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-math-matrix-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-proof-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-hist-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-graf2d-graf-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-graf2d-gpad-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
Setting up libroot-gui-dev (5.34.14-1build1) ...
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=
E: Option APT::Cache-Limit=: Configuration item specification must have an =<val>.
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
E: Type '-----BEGIN' is not known on line 3 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-trusty.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2)]/ trusty main restricted
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
     6 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
    11 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
    12
    13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
    17 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
    18 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
    20
    21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25 ## security team.
    26 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
    27 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
    28 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
    29 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
    30
    31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    36 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    37 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38
    39 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
    40 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
    41 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
    42 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
    43 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
    44 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
    45
    46 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    47 ## 'partner' repository.
    48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    49 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    50 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
    51 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
    52
    53 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    54 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    55 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
    56 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/darklordpaunik8880-darkminttrustytahr3-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr3/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr3/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cybersec-test-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/test/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/test/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/darklordpaunik8880-darkminttrustytahr4-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr4/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr4/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/midori-ppa-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/midori/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/midori/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/darklordpaunik8880-kalibuntu1-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/kalibuntu1/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/kalibuntu1/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cybersec-chaos-ppa-v1-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/chaos-ppa-v1/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/chaos-ppa-v1/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/darklordpaunik8880-darkminttrustytahr2-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr2/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr2/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu trusty main
     3 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
     4 Version: SKS 1.1.4
     5 Comment: Hostname: keyserver.ubuntu.com
     6
     7 mI0ET324YwEEANbSlISrOlAGjxgFRxiN6jk0JIl/vxQ8lapRdxZ4DHDAQdXbX4AuigMBkP5e
     8 sOxhMpDnkgMRtEVpaBMdQheA0/431pPQYqkr3jdeZw5JS5opiyJ4qr/QrcoSFHSluEkWkbZ6
     9 RYOkA25vW31KK2FB2LQVRYk580llXAVgIUznm2ATABEBAAG0GExhdW5jaHBhZCBQUEEgZm9y
    10 IHdhZ3VuZ4i4BBMBAgAiBQJPfbhjAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRAb
    11 IuuNj9/bVxabBADSGN8cp+hqkdZqwq263wdz/UGsiuB1bCrH06/HznC/ZC5rjfH3aQ1Dwwag
    12 zYCrSD3c0cKNAqD10009N76RMlzZBH8kKL9khH3zPL/k4/lYuVP7y6NKFbBsnawEUc0mWcCa
    13 mH4ScTdWWPXP/mOQiUUjnQ1bZhzpcbQOb+hEUAqExg==
    14 =fJ+8
    15 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/darklordpaunik8880-darkminttrustytahr-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cybersec-chaos-ppa-v2-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/chaos-ppa-v2/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/chaos-ppa-v2/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cybersec-chaos-ppa-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/chaos-ppa/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/chaos-ppa/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cybersec-trojan-horse-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/trojan-horse/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybersec/trojan-horse/ubuntu trusty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/darklordpaunik8880-kalibuntu-trusty.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/kalibuntu/ubuntu trusty main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/darklordpaunik8880/kalibuntu/ubuntu trusty main
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ ^C
daniel@daniel-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Run:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-trusty.list

And delete line 3 and below. Doesn't it look out of place compared to the rest? Look at your own output...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

After that, run:

sudo apt-get update

Is it smooth?

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