Entry 60 error, software updater failed; can't find file /etc/apt/sources.list

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 04 August 2018 16:05:40 djlafond via ubuntu-users wrote:

> Hi again Colin,
>
> Sorry, i didn't register that as a file. doh. i found the file in the
> computer file list under files and folders, apt sources.list.save & i
> think this is the right one, etc/apt/ so here's what i found.
>
> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
> deb-src http://archive.canonica.com/ubyntu oneiric partner
>
> Is that what you mean? Would the detail from sources.list.save be
> useful?
>
> i'm at a loss & out of my depth. Thanks again for your patience.
>
> david
>
> Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based
> in Switzerland.
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>
> On August 4, 2018 4:31 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, 08:58 djlafond via ubuntu-users, 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Colin,
> >>
> >> There was nothing else, no punctuation beyond what i pasted in the
> >> prior message. That's the error message i got. i don't mean to be
> >> dense, i just don't see anything else. The entire content of my
> >> terminal mode attempt trying what you advised initially is this--i
> >> just did it again to get it all. i just exited after that.
> >>
> >> david at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt clean
> >> david at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt update
> >> E: Malformed entry 60 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list
> >> (Component) E: The list of sources could not be read.
> >> david at ubuntu:~$
> >>
> >> After that i exited.
> >>
> >> i guess i'm not sure what file you mean.
> >
> > I mean the file mentioned in the error: /etc/apt/sources.list
> >
> > Colin
> >
> >> i haven't run anything else for fear of compounding the problem.
> >>
> >> david
> >>
> >> Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email
> >> based in Switzerland.
> >>
> >> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >>
> >> On August 4, 2018 2:19 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi David
> >>>
> >>> Please reply to the Ubuntu list rather than just to me.
> >>> You did not answer my question, what is around that line in the
> >>> file?
> >>>
> >>> Colin
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 3 Aug 2018, 23:39 djlafond, <djlafond at protonmail.ch> wrote:
> >>>> Hi Colin,
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks again. Sorry, i should have changed the subject line in my
> >>>> reply to your advice, just missed that. i will be more attentive
> >>>> in future.
> >>>>
> >>>> Here's the entire error message from the drop down at the top of
> >>>> the screen in chromium, the red circle with the horizontal white
> >>>> bar through it.
> >>>>
> >>>> An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the
> >>>> right-click menu or apt-get in a terminal window to see what went
> >>>> wrong. The error message was: ‘Error: Opening the cache
> >>>> (E:Malformed entry 60 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list
> >>>> (Component), E:The list of sources could not be read.)’. This
> >>>> usually means that your installed packages have unmet
> >>>> dependencies.
> >>>>
> >>>> When i ran sudo apt clean and then sudo apt update, the detail i
> >>>> included in my reply was all that was generated in response to my
> >>>> entry of sudo apt update.
> >>>>
> >>>> This all happened after having trouble trying to link the Vivaldi
> >>>> browser to Ubuntu. i followed their instructions precisely & that
> >>>> generated the unmet dependencies error. i'm afraid i then
> >>>> compounded the problem by trying unsuccessfully to uninstall
> >>>> vivaldi. Maybe that's what actually generated the dependencies
> >>>> error, i'm not sure. i didn't unfortunately save the terminal
> >>>> screen when that first showed up. i'm not sure what else i can
> >>>> tell you. At least according to the error message in the title
> >>>> bar at the top (which only shows up once i go on line with an
> >>>> open browser) if i could run Package Manager that might fix it
> >>>> but haven't had any luck finding how to do that.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for your responses, help  & patience.
> >>>>
> >>>> david
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email
> >>>> based in Switzerland.
> >>>>
> >>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >>>>
> >>>> On August 3, 2018 5:05 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> On 3 August 2018 at 20:56, djlafond via ubuntu-users 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi Colin,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks. i tried it but sudo apt clean didn't work, generated
> >>>>>> this output:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> E: Malformed entry 60 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list
> >>>>>> (Component) E: The list of sources could not be read.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What is in the lines around line 60 in /etc/apt/sources.list?
> >>>>> And please change the subject line of your email, your question
> >>>>> is not about the digest.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Colin

A .save file is an old one, saved for recovery because the real one has 
been replaced by a pkg update.  Show us that same filename but w/o 
the .save extension.  Just copy/paste the whole thing AFTER turning off 
the wordwrap in your email agent.

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