Software manager is not working!

[prince2000]

I'm kinda new to linux , Idk much about it .
A few days ago software manager was working fine , then i downloaded spotify from chrome ..
Idk if this happened because of that or not ,
but I think after that software manager keeps on showing this -


.....PLEASE HELP ME , I CAN'T INSTALL ANYTHING ATM !!!!!

[sleeper12]

Try this, one line at a time:

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apt reinstall mintinstall 
mintinstall 

Reboot

[prince2000]

after typing apt reinstall mintinstall , i entered my password ...
it showed this -

E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list (Component)
E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

[sleeper12]

If you post the results of this command, someone else will likely know how to fix that;

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 inxi -Sr 

[prince2000]

System:
Host: prince Kernel: 5.4.0-70-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
1: deb http://repository.spotify.comstable non-free

[sleeper12]

It looks to me like this is what needs to be changed:

1: deb http://repository.spotify.comstable non-free

Unless you know how, wait for someone to help. I don't know what needs to be changed or how best to do it.

[sleeper12]

If you can open the spotify.list file, change that line 1 to:

deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free

Then do:

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 sudo apt update 

[prince2000]

It won't let me change it ....
also ...what will happen if i delete it ?

[sleeper12]

I think you have to right click on the file & select Open as Root or Admin.

[prince2000]

There's no option for that ..all it shows is "open with" .
.
I uninstalled that spotify i downloaded from chrome ....so what if i delete this ?

[sleeper12]

I don't know, will it even let you delete it?

[prince2000]

Ig this is it ...won't let me delete it , can't change it

[sleeper12]

I wonder if your permissions are messed up. What does this show:

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 find $HOME ! -user $USER 

[prince2000]

there are these three ....
This folder can be opened as ROOT/ In terminal ....

[prince2000]

nope .... nothing pops up for " find $HOME ! -user $USER "

[sleeper12]

Ok, I'm a bit lost, but maybe you can change it in the terminal if it will open as root.

[prince2000]

I did that ...
I changed it to that one line as you said and then i did " sudo apt update " .
It downloaded packages i think ...

at last it was -

Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY D1742AD60D811D58
E: The repository 'http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

[sleeper12]

Do:

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  sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com D1742AD60D811D58 

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  sudo apt update 

[prince2000]

Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:5 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease [3,316 B]
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa Release
Get:9 http://repository.spotify.com stable/non-free i386 Packages [1,171 B]
Hit:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Get:12 http://repository.spotify.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages [1,661 B]
Fetched 6,148 B in 2s (3,452 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
345 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

[sleeper12]

Does Software Manager work now?