I upgraded Ubuyntu 16.04 to 18.04 as detailed in question/669283 under Ubuntu in launchpad.net. Titled as “Desktop screen disappeared on upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS”
https://answers.launchpad.net/buntu/uquestio+n/669283
When I apply “sudo apt-get update” command, alongt with Hit: ‘s list it gives information list of so many packages stating
“.....configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98” etc.
The actual OUT PUT is as under:
navin@linux:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for navin:
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (multiverse/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (multiverse/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (multiverse/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (multiverse/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (multiverse/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (multiverse/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons (multiverse/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (multiverse/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (multiverse/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:98
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:11 and /etc/apt/sources.list:103
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:35 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (multiverse/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (multiverse/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Translations (multiverse/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (multiverse/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11 (multiverse/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (multiverse/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target DEP-11-icons (multiverse/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (multiverse/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target CNF (multiverse/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:81 and /etc/apt/sources.list:125
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Packages (restricted/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target Translations (restricted/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11 (restricted/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (restricted/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target DEP-11-icons (restricted/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
W: Target CNF (restricted/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:45 and /etc/apt/sources.list:135
navin@linux:~$
Why this is hapening and what is the reason of it?
How to resolve this happening in thwe terminal while uipdating and upgrading?