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Does anyone know what this error mean, 'Malformed entry 48 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (component)?'

Asked by Thuyen

Can anyone help me troubleshoot a problem? I'm getting this error when I perform an update...

E: Malformed entry 48 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

I just installed Xubuntu...

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="16.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

Thanks.

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#1

Look at your sources list

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Can you copy and paste here?

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Thuyen (scorpius-05) said : 		#2

Thanks for the reply arochester. I got frustrated and re-image the entire pc with a new Xubuntu 16.04 LTS AMD64. Everything seem to be in working order.

Cheers!

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