Software Index Failure (Major)

[AbbyCadaver]

I've been having trouble installing packages of any sort and was tinkering around trying to install Java, This is the message I got:

This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.

I tried to follow the directions and was told my access is denied. I even tried as su. Can anyone tell me what's going on and how to fix it?

[killer de bug]

Could you please post the output of

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inxi -r

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apt update && apt install -f

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[AbbyCadaver]

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inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 17.1 _Rebecca_ - Release amd64 20141126]/ trusty contrib main non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
           Zotero.com
           Zotero.com
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com rebecca main upstream import #id:linuxmint_main
           deb http://extra.linuxmint.com rebecca main #id:linuxmint_extra
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner

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 apt update && apt install -f
[sudo] password for thafagette: 
E: Type 'Zotero.com' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[WharfRat]

AbbyCadaver,

The two entries in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
Zotero.com
Zotero.com

are not valid.

Delete that file.

[AbbyCadaver]

Thanks! I finally got around to this. It worked