Whenever trying to install any software or try to run sudo apr update command it shows up this error as mentioned in the title and also along with it The list of sources could not be read. I am running 18.10 version of ubuntu.
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I'm relatively new to Ubuntu 16.04, and everything has been going fine until my OS threw this error today.   Below is the source code from /etc/apt/sources.list for line 54:  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ partner   I have tried appending ubuntu after the / and before partner, but this does not seem to work.   Any ideas what else to try? I can't run sudo apt-get update until this is fixed.
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i am a beginner in Ubuntu and currently using Ubuntu 19.10 in terminal i used   apt-get update   and this error showed up  Reading package lists... Done E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied) W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)   how to solve this issue? i am using Ubuntu 19.10 on VMware Workstation 15 Pro and updated it at first lunch by using the "Software Update"
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The error I am having when trying to update my package list.  W: GPG error: http://download.opensuse.org ./ Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1436387333  W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/samrog131/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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When I try to install any software, I encounter this error, and therefore I cannot update.  Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 51245 package 'oracle-xe':  mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package instances present N: Ignoring file 'gcl' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has no filename extension N: Ignoring file 'gcl' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has no filename extension E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
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So I keep trying to install things on my laptop and whenever I try to use sudo apt-get I get the same errors every  time,  SystemError: E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.   Also whenever I try to open software Center through my desktop Icon it will just freeze leaving me to force quit.  If I try to use the command software-center in my terminal I get the longest list in the world which is,   che.open() Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 629, in &lt;lambda&gt;     return (lambda data: callback(*data), user_data)   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/pkginfo_impl/aptcache.py", line 261, in open     self._cache = apt.Cache(progress)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 105, in __init__     self.open(progress)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 150, in open     self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress) SystemError: E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. 2013-10-13 10:13:52,685 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - INFO - aptcache.open() Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 629, in &lt;lambda&gt;     return (lambda data: callback(*data), user_data)   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/pkginfo_impl/aptcache.py", line 261, in open     self._cache = apt.Cache(progress)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 105, in __init__     self.open(progress)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 150, in open     self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress) SystemError: E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. 2013-10-13 10:13:57,365 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - INFO - aptcache.open() Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 629, in &lt;lambda&gt;     return (lambda data: callback(*data), user_data)   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/pkginfo_impl/aptcache.py", line 261, in open     self._cache = apt.Cache(progress)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 105, in __init__     self.open(progress)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 150, in open     self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress) SystemError: E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.   That's only about one-tenth of the list which is too long to read. I need help, if anyone has an answer please respond
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I get it after updating in Synaptic Manager  I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu 17.04 from 16.10.  error message:-  W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/samba-libs_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.1_i386.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
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My original question was:   The answer that seems suitable to my cause is to install cm-super. I did that (using package manager [winxp 32 bit, MikTex installation 2.9 recently updated]). But still the command  \usepackage{cm-super}    yields an error.  User H Cavendish suggested to run updmap-sys, but I am not sure about how to do that on WinXP.   2011 November 04 edit: I made it sure that I have installed 'cm-super' - but still get the same error:   I have also tried updating the file name databases - but no avail.
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This is the terminal message I keep getting when trying to update via: sudo apt-get update  $ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for petros: Reading package lists... Done E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/   How can I solve it?
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I tried sudo apt-get update in the new Windows Subsystem for Linux, but I get the following error:    The most relevant parts seem to be the "could not resolve" lines about Ubuntu servers, like:  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
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my problem is that my sources.list is out of date for some reason. I already found the fix in another port, but it doesn't work. It says to use gedit to edit sources.list and replace everything with the proper sources. Well, for some reason I don't have it installed (Ubuntu Server 14.04) and I can't install it or else I get the main problem again.  Failed to fetch http:// some ubuntu site Could not resolve hostname "us.archive.ubuntu.com"  Is there any other way to edit sources.list? Or do I need to do a re-install of the OS?
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I'm getting this error message:  "Incorrect permission on /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1(need to setuid root)"   Due to this problem I can't download any app.
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I'm using 17.04 ( Clean Install ), and as far as I remember, every try to install any sofware- it fails with that error code.  I tried sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade and problem persists.  any idea why?   edit: Using software Updater gave this result :   edit : output of update  guy@LG-LAPTOP:~$ sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for guy:  Ign:1 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Ign:2 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease               Ign:3 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease             Err:4 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty Release                           503  Service Unavailable Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB]      Err:6 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates Release                   503  Service Unavailable Get:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease [10.2 kB]             Err:8 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports Release                 503  Service Unavailable Get:9 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty/partner Sources [1,416 B]       Get:10 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty/partner amd64 Packages [1,616 B] Get:11 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty/partner i386 Packages [1,612 B] Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty/partner Translation-en [708 B] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [11.7 kB] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [9,219 B] Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [14.4 kB] Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [31.0 kB] Reading package lists... Done                                          E: The repository 'http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty Release' does no longer have a Release file. 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. E: The repository 'http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates Release' does no longer have a Release file. 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. E: The repository 'http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports Release' does no longer have a Release file. 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. guy@LG-LAPTOP:~$    output of apt get  guy@LG-LAPTOP:~$ sudo apt-get install putty Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed:   putty-tools Suggested packages:   putty-doc The following NEW packages will be installed:   putty putty-tools 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 661 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,713 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]  Err:1 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 putty-tools amd64 0.67-3   503  Service Unavailable Err:2 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 putty amd64 0.67-3   503  Service Unavailable E: Failed to fetch http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/putty/putty-tools_0.67-3_amd64.deb  503  Service Unavailable E: Failed to fetch http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/putty/putty_0.67-3_amd64.deb  503  Service Unavailable E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? guy@LG-LAPTOP:~$
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I want to update Ubuntu, but I see this message:  E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list (type), E:The list of sources could not be read., E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.   How can I solve this?
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Every time I try to do some update (sudo apt-get update) it says:   Reading package lists ... ready W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ need /partner amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_partner_binary-amd64_Packages) W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ need /partner i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_partner_binary-i386_Packages) W: You have to run apt-get update to correct these problems   sources.list:   ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ as requested:  milton@milton-HuronRiver-Platform:~$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ emesene-team-emesene-stable-precise.list precise-partner.list precise-partner.list.save upubuntu-com-chat-precise.list upubuntu-com-chat-precise.list.save
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I typed:  sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/ jdk1.8.0/bin/java" 1   It's says alternatives --install needs link name path priority
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The terminal gave me these errors when updating the software with sudo apt update.    Hit:1 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:2 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease                                                                                        Hit:3 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease                                                                                      Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease                                      Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                 Traceback (most recent call last):                       File "/usr/lib/cnf-update-db", line 8, in &lt;module&gt;     from CommandNotFound.db.creator import DbCreator ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'CommandNotFound' Reading packages list... Done E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success     'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/lib/command-not-found/ -a -e /usr/lib/cnf-update-db;       then /usr/lib/cnf-update-db &gt; /dev/null; fi'   E: Sub-process returned an error code     These are the results of sudo apt install --reinstall command-not-found  Reading package lists... Done  Building dependency tree         Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/5.188 B of archives After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. (Reading the database ... 225797 files and directories currently installed.) Preparations for extracting ... / command-not-found_18.04.4_all.deb ... Extracting command-not-found (18.04.4) on (18.04.4) ... Configuring command-not-found (18.04.4) ... libdvd-pkg: Package libdvdcss2-1.4.2-1 was removed, stop processing...   When I tried the command sudo apt update again after reinstalling command-not-found, the results were the same as described in the first text block.
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Whenever I try to install or remove something using terminal it gives the following error message:  bluebird@bluebird:~$ sudo apt-get update sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be only be writable by owner sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins bluebird@bluebird:~$ sudo apt-get remove vlc sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be only be writable by owner sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins bluebird@bluebird:~$ sudo apt-get install apt-file sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be only be writable by owner sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins