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'E:Malformed line 48 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.'

Asked by Stuart Fraser

'E:Malformed line 48 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.' how do i solve this.I have tried all the steps outlined.
I am fairly new to Ubuntu I am not having any luck. Thanks Stuart Fraser

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

head -n 48 /etc/apt/sources.list | tail -n 1

Thanks

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Stuart Fraser (moth-nf) said : 		#2

how do I find this output?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Run it in a terminal

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Stuart Fraser (moth-nf) said : 		#4

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/lucid main

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

ok run:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

change:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/lucid main
to
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main

(Note the space before the word 'lucid')

Save the new file and close gedit. When you now run:

sudo apt-get update

Is it smooth?

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Stuart Fraser (moth-nf) said : 		#6

yes

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Please mark as solved
:D

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Stuart Fraser (moth-nf) said : 		#8

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.