Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times

[nazchy]

I get this error message after every update to Linux Mint. What should I do?

W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_CA) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources:1
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources:1
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources:1

[jkfloris]

You added the Wine repository twice. Remove one of them.
Which repository is enabled in "additional-repositories.list"?

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

[nazchy]

lwd@lwd-OptiPlex-755:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main

[jkfloris]

You can remove the "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main" line from the "additional-repositories.list"
or put a # in front of it. This will prevent apt from reading the line.

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

Once this is done, you need to tell apt to use the new configuration:

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sudo apt update

[nazchy]

I found the additional repositories text file but it won't let me save any changes in text editor ... says 'read only' and 'you don't have permission to..."

[jkfloris]

You must be "root" to edit the file. There are probably two ways to do this:
- Right click on the file and select "Open as root".
- with sudo

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sudo xed /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

xed is the default text editor in Linux Mint, but you may not have it installed.
If that's the case, replace "xed" with the name of your notepad program.
For example

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

[nazchy]

YES! That did it. I got a bit worried when I saw multiple warnings like these :

(xed:5119): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 18:57:27.262: gtk_notebook_get_tab_label: assertion 'list != NULL' failed
** (xed:5119): WARNING **: 18:57:27.442: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::xed-position not supported
...then I did
lwd@lwd-OptiPlex-755:~$ sudo apt update ...and all seems well.
No more errors after my Linux update today.
My only experience with command lines was with MS DOS in the 1980s and a few windows crashes since.
Thanks for your expert help.