Malformed entry error

[johnnyzee]

Hello

I was trying to load WINE on my Toshiba running Ubuntu 17.04 and was following directions on webpage and received the following message:

E: Malformed entry 55 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Hello
Am hoping to get some help fixing this problem that I created trying to load WINE on my Toshiba running Ubuntu 17.04.
I was following the steps on the WINE website:
Installing WineHQ packages
If you have previously installed a Wine package from another repository, please remove it and any packages that depend on it (e.g., wine-mono, wine-gecko, winetricks) before attempting to install the WineHQ packages, as they may cause dependency conflicts.

If your system is 64 bit, enable 32 bit architecture (if you haven't already):

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Add the repository:

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
Dialog-warning.svg On Linux Mint 17.x, the last line should be the following:

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main'

Then I followed that with:
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-stable

Any advice on how to fix this will be appreciated.

[Bob Wya]

Hiya johnnyzee

Please can you post the output of running:

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for list_file in $(find /etc/apt/ -type f -name "*.list"); do printf "\n%s:\n" "${list_file}"; cat -sn "${list_file}"; done

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for terminal commands and output. That's the Code button directly above the forum edit box.

Ta
Bob

[johnnyzee]

Bob
Thanks for your reply. Hoping this is what you meant by output of running.

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# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 17.04 _Zesty Zapus_ - Release amd64 (20170412)]/ zesty main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty main restricted
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty universe
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty universe
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates universe
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty multiverse
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security main restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security multiverse
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-proposed multiverse universe restricted main
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security multiverse
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ zesty main
# deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ zesty main
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/trusty main
# deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/trusty main
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main
# deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main
# deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main
# deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main
# deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main

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

If your Ubuntu version is really 17.04 as you stated in your original post, this shouldn't be there. Remove it.

[Bob Wya]

@johnnyzee,

You really need to read instructions carefully next time you're following them...
You should never have run the Linux Mint specific repository command!
It's easy to bork a system if you don't bother read usage instructions - especially for root privilege commands!

On Linux Mint 17.x, the last line should be the following:

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sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main'

Sorry but...


Also don't forget Ubuntu 17.04 is EOL next month...

Bob

[johnnyzee]

Bob

Thanks for your help and the advice on EOL of 17.04. I will revert my OS to 16.04.

[Bob Wya]

...
Thanks for your help and the advice on EOL of 17.04. I will revert my OS to 16.04.

np.
Just stay safe!

Bob