Malformed entry 2 Solved

[slinger1953]

I am getting the following message when I try to open a window like "Update" "Software Manager" etc.
I remember that I was getting a similar message while I was using the Terminal to install "Wine"
Any advice please?

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E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list (URI parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Thank you.

[catweazel]

I am getting the following message when I try to open a window like "Update" "Software Manager" etc.
I remember that I was getting a similar message while I was using the Terminal to install "Wine"
Any advice please?

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E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list (URI parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Thank you.

Please post the output of this terminal command:

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

Enclose the results between [ⅽode] and [/ⅽode] code markers by selecting </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply.

Alternatively, take the plain advice in the error message.

[slinger1953]

I'm sorry, I thought that I had done this earlier!

pete@pete-Aspire-TC-280:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

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deb https://dl..winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main

deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
deb https;//dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/bionic main
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/bionic main
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main[code]
pete@pete-Aspire-TC-280:~$

[gm10]

What a mess. Run

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echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

[slinger1953]

This is the result gm10

pete@pete-Aspire-TC-280:~$ echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
[sudo] password for pete:
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
pete@pete-Aspire-TC-280:~$

[gm10]

This is the result gm10

Thx but I didn't need a result. What I gave you was the fix for your problem, you should be all good now.

[slinger1953]

Sorry, I'll do a restart.....

[slinger1953]

gm10,
Thank you, Its brilliant, and I was thinking about doing a clean install again, thank you very much.
btw, ,Is that code similar to the Windows SFC or mscnfig or something?

Thank you again

[gm10]

You're welcome.

And the commands I gave you were just to overwrite your messed up repository list with a working one.

[slinger1953]

Thanks again, I'll save that somewhere just in case.

[gm10]

Thanks again, I'll save that somewhere just in case.

Better not. That was a custom solution for this specific problem.

[slinger1953]

o.k., thanks