Malformed entry 6 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Compon

[T-Shirt]

This line pops up whenever I typer get updates whenever I type get install.

All of the suggestions I have seen say edit the line to wito, but whenver I try to download an editor it says the same thing

I needhelp

[dimesio]

All Linux distros have a text editor installed by default, and usually more than one. Use whatever you already have to edit /etc/apt/sources.list.

If you don't know how to find or use whatever text editor came with your distro, ask for help on your distro's support forum or a general Linux forum. This forum is for Wine questions only.

[Bob Wya]

I needhelp

Don't we all.

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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Job done.

Bob

[hiigaran]

If you're unfamiliar with using the terminal for editing text files, use gedit.

Ctrl + Alt + T to open up a new terminal:

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sudo apt install gedit

Enter your password and follow the prompts. Likely you already have this installed, but in case you don't this will install a graphical text editor like notepad in Windows.

Next, in that same terminal:

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Copy and paste the contents of the file here, along with the number of the line stated by your malformed entry error. The most likely cause of your problem is that one of your lines in sources.list is somehow incorrect. Either it needs to be removed, or fixed.