E:Malformed entry 67 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Suite), E:The list of sources could not be read.

Bug #1739870 reported by raja
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Bug Description

ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 122, in <module>
    with apt.Cache() as cache:
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 113, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 164, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
apt_pkg.Error: E:Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite), E:The list of sources could not be read.
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
cat: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch: No such file or directory
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for ilprincipe:
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ echo $http_proxy

ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ uname -a
Linux ilprincipe-X125 4.4.0-31-lowlatency #50-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 13 00:50:28 UTC 2016 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
cp: cannot stat '/var/lib/dpkg/available-old': No such file or directory
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
rm: cannot remove '/var/cache/apt/*.bin': No such file or directory
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
E: Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Alpha i386 (20160308)]/ xenial main multiverse restricted universe
     2 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Alpha i386 (20160308)]/ xenial main multiverse restricted universe
     3
     4 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     5 # newer versions of the distribution.
     6 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
    11
    12 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    13 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    14 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    15 ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
    16 ## team.
    17 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
    18 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
    19
    20 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    21 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    22 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    23 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    24 ## security team.
    25 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
    26 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
    27
    28 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    29 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    30 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    31 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    32 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    33 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    34
    35 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    36 ## 'partner' repository.
    37 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    38 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    39 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
    40 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
    41
    42 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
    43 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
    44 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
    45
    46 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
    47 # newer versions of the distribution.
    48 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted
    49 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main multiverse universe restricted #Added by software-properties
    50 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
    51
    52 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    53 ## distribution.
    54 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted
    55 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main multiverse universe restricted #Added by software-properties
    56 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
    57
    58 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    59 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    60 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    61 ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
    62 ## team.
    63 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial universe
    64 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
    65 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates universe
    66 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
    67
    68 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    69 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    70 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    71 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    72 ## security team.
    73 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial multiverse
    74 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
    75 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates multiverse
    76 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
    77
    78 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    79 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    80 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    81 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    82 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    83 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main universe multiverse restricted
    84 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    85 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    86
    87 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    88 ## 'partner' repository.
    89 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    90 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    91 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
    92 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
    93
    94 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
    95 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main multiverse universe restricted #Added by software-properties
    96 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
    97 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
    98 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
    99 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
   100 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
   101 # deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/ /
   102 # deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/ /
   103 # deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/ /
   104 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main universe restricted multiverse

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/xorg-edgers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pipelight-ubuntu-stable-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pipelight/stable/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pipelight/stable/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-ubuntu-grub-customizer-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nathan-renniewaldock-ubuntu-flux-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nathan-renniewaldock/flux/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nathan-renniewaldock/flux/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-rhythmbox-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list

     1 # deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib non-free
     2 deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian
     3
     4 (lsb_release -cs) contrib
     5 deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian
     6 (lsb_release -cs) contrib

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

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

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-ubuntu-stable-daily-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wereturtle-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/wereturtle/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/wereturtle/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuhandbook1-ubuntu-apps-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/iaz-ubuntu-battery-status-xenial.list

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lyc256-ubuntu-sopcast-player-xenial.list

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-ubuntu-xbmc-nightly-xenial.list

     1 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mjblenner-ubuntu-ppa-hal-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mjblenner/ppa-hal/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mjblenner/ppa-hal/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mjblenner/ppa-hal/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/djcj-ubuntu-hybrid-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     4 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     5 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-libreoffice-5-1-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wine-ubuntu-wine-builds-xenial.list

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/otto-kesselgulasch-ubuntu-gimp-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/git-core-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rvm-ubuntu-smplayer-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-ubuntu-atom-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/byobu-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/byobu/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/byobu/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/byobu/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-desktop-ubuntu-ubuntu-make-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nicola-onorata-ubuntu-desktop-xenial.list

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dhor-ubuntu-myway-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stebbins-ubuntu-handbrake-releases-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-ubuntu-java-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     4 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/deity-ubuntu-sid-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deity/sid/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/deity/sid/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/heyarje-ubuntu-makemkv-beta-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/heyarje/makemkv-beta/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/heyarje/makemkv-beta/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/atareao-ubuntu-atareao-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/forkotov02-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/forkotov02/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/forkotov02/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/n-muench-ubuntu-programs-ppa-xenial.list

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 # deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/paolorotolo-ubuntu-android-studio-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/paolorotolo/android-studio/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/paolorotolo/android-studio/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rednotebook-ubuntu-stable-xenial.list

     1 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/rednotebook/stable/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/linrunner-ubuntu-tlp-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-ubuntu-master-daily-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu xenial main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu xenial main
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$

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raja (rajasekhar.br2) wrote :

i have face that problem so could you please resolve it

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

Well the virtualbox.list file has a wrong second line as the error message says, you probably have to delete this line.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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raja (rajasekhar.br2) wrote : Re: [Bug 1739870] Re: E:Malformed entry 67 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Suite), E:The list of sources could not be read.
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Hi

Again i have faced given below ...so please resolve ...

E:Malformed entry 53 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Suite), E:The list
of sources could not be read.

With Regards,
R.s

On 23 December 2017 at 16:07, Julian Andres Klode <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Well the virtualbox.list file has a wrong second line as the error
> message says, you probably have to delete this line.
>
> ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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>
> Title:
> E:Malformed entry 67 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Suite), E:The
> list of sources could not be read.
>
> Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ ubuntu-support-status
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 122, in <module>
> with apt.Cache() as cache:
> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 113, in
> __init__
> self.open(progress)
> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 164, in open
> self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
> apt_pkg.Error: E:Malformed entry 2 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
> (Suite), E:The list of sources could not be read.
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
> cat: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch: No such file or directory
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
> [sudo] password for ilprincipe:
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ echo $http_proxy
>
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ echo $ftp_proxy
>
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
> cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo fuser -vvv
> /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ uname -a
> Linux ilprincipe-X125 4.4.0-31-lowlatency #50-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul
> 13 00:50:28 UTC 2016 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg
> /var/lib/dpkg.backup
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status
> /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old
> /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0
> /var/lib/dpkg/status
> ilprincipe@ilprincipe-X125:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available
> /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
> ilp...

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