Re: what does "E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist) mean?

[Mike Werner <reznaeous@earthlink.net>]

Joseph de los Santos wrote:
> 
> hello!
> 
>   When I try to install packages thru http using apt I get the message
> 
>    E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist)
> 
>   what does this mean?
> 
>    I know that I have configured my sources.list correctly but when I try to
> execute apt-get update it does not work.thanks for any advice

Are you absolutely sure?  That error message seems to mean that apt doesn't
think it's correct.  Try posting your sources.list file to the list.
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