Target packages configure multiple times

[runfox]

Hi all,

I am getting a bunch of warnings that say I have some stuff configured multiple times when I update. How do I resolve this?

W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:7

[MrEen]

Hi runfox, and welcome to the forum.

Most likely you followed some commands for adding a PPA, and happened to do one of them twice. Let's see the output from running this in the terminal:

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

You should see that the first line will essentially match the seventh line. There could be some subtle differences in the lines, so it would be best to see them before instructing you on how to remove one of them.

[runfox]

Hi Mr. Een,

Here's the output from the command:

[runfox]

Hi Mr. Een,

Here's the output from the command:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main

I probably should have included that I am using mint debbie 4

[MrEen]

Whoops, I hadn't spotted they were from 2 different files. Now this one:

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories

This is the one that should have the same thing on line 7.

And after your next reply, I will move this thread to the LMDE section.

[runfox]

Ok, here's the output from the second cat command:

cat: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories: No such file or directory

[MrEen]

I messed up on the Copy. It should be this:

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

[runfox]

Here's the output for the second version of the second cat command:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debbie main upstream import backport

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main contrib non-free

[MrEen]

Okay, I assume the latter list is what came as is with your install, so I would remove the first one with this command:

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sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

Then run apt update and all should be good.

[runfox]

Mr. Een,

First of all thanks for helping me fix this. Deleting the repo stopped the "configured multiple times" warning message.

I got a new warning:

N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian stretch/mongodb-org/4.0 InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

How do i delete this mongodb repo? It is from a failed manual install of rocketchat

[runfox]

nevermind, i was able to remove it from the sftware sources gui tool. Thanks a lot for your help! situation has been resolved.

[MrEen]

Let's see if this shows where it is:

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ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d

[MrEen]

nevermind, i was able to remove it from the sftware sources gui tool. Thanks a lot for your help! situation has been resolved.

Great! Happy to help.