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E:Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist), E:The list of sources could not be read.

Asked by kevin low

it says that "this usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies"

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This question was originally filed as bug #241154.

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Michael Vogt (mvo) said : 		#1

Thanks for your bugreport.

Please check your /etc/apt/sources.list file (e.g. with "gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list") and look at line 56. You can comment a line by adding a "#" at the front.

I convert this to a question.

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kevin low (kevin-low-sbcglobal) said : 		#2

thanks for the help. i feel dumb now...

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effects_ht (effects-ht) said : 		#3

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Type '--2009-08-04' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list, E:The list of sources could not be read.'

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avikarnitai@gmail.com (avikarnitai) said : 		#4

Thanks for replies i feel like i am a dumbo who cant handle ubuntu

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Not sure if you have solved your question by the way this is a frequently asked question so please read the list of already answered questions about update-manager: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager

Hth