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How to solve the error: WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
PATH and sources.list issueInstalling anaconda3 on Ubuntu 16.04Not able to install from ubuntu software centerWhy can't I start onedrive-d?Problems with Ubuntu CenterTypeError when running update-manager on ubuntu 17.10Ubuntu 16.04 can't install any softwaresoftware-properties-gtk crashes on startup (19.10)
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wazir@wazir:~$ sudo software-properties-gtk
[sudo] password for wazir:
(process:15506): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Cannot set locale: unsupported locale setting
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 104, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 89, in __init__
SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 97, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 585, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 87, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template
apt software-center package-management
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wazir@wazir:~$ sudo software-properties-gtk
[sudo] password for wazir:
(process:15506): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Cannot set locale: unsupported locale setting
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 104, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 89, in __init__
SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 97, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 585, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 87, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template
apt software-center package-management
edited Sep 2 '14 at 14:30
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wazir@wazir:~$ sudo software-properties-gtk
[sudo] password for wazir:
(process:15506): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Cannot set locale: unsupported locale setting
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 104, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 89, in __init__
SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 97, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 585, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 87, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template
apt software-center package-management
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wazir@wazir:~$ sudo software-properties-gtk
[sudo] password for wazir:
(process:15506): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Cannot set locale: unsupported locale setting
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 104, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 89, in __init__
SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 97, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 585, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 87, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template
apt software-center package-management
apt software-center package-management
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Changing the permissions might work:
sudo chmod -R 0644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
UPDATE: I previously set the mode to 0420, which worked in my case, but per comments and further testing it seems that 0644 is correct.
answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
peterpeter
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The proper permission would be 644 on those files.
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:22
Do you have a source for that? I tried 644 and it did not work. The files in that directory that were not throwing errors already had 0420 mode, so I applied that to the remaining files to get it to work.
– peter
Jun 14 '16 at 0:25
Indeed i have a source, a clean install on a VM where I just looked at the directory and each file has-rw-r--r--. 1 root rootwhich is in fact 644. Beside that giving the owner only read rights prevents later changes on this file greatly and I'm not really sure why you think the group needs write access but the owner not this is what your given permissions imply is-r---w----. 1 root rootand thats plain wrong. See as well help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:26
Directories should be executable or else you can't get listings of them. You wantsudo find -type d /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 && sudo find -type f /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0644
– Adam Katz
Mar 14 at 20:11
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The sources.list files are in /etc/apt/sources.list.d in newer version of Ubuntu. So you need to make a symbolic link from official-package-repositories.list to the old place to solve this problem:
sudo ln -s /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list
answered Feb 19 '15 at 12:44
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You shouldn't use
sudoto open graphical applications as root. You should install the gksu package from the Ubuntu Software Center and use thegksudocommand instead ofsudoto open a graphical application as root.You shouldn't run software-properties-gtk as root either. If you need to be root, the application will prompt you in a popup window to authenticate with your user password. Since software-properties-gtk has a built-in authentication feature, you don't need to run it except as a regular user.
Try running software-properties-gtk properly, and see if you still get the same error.
Ubuntu 18.04 and later
gksu has been discontinued in Ubuntu 18.04 and later. To open software-properties-gtk as root run the following command:
sudo -H software-properties-gtk &>/dev/null
answered Sep 2 '14 at 13:51
karelkarel
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I learned something, but it did not solve my issue. Thank you anyway
– Ted Taylor of Life
Apr 17 '17 at 11:59
bash: /dev/nulll: Permission denied for ubuntu 18.04
– Rocketq
Sep 11 '18 at 18:00
@Rocketq Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thispermission deniederror was caused by a typo error (misspelled the wordnull) which I found and corrected.
– karel
Sep 11 '18 at 21:25
@karel/etc/apt/sources.listis neither an executable nor a directory. Why would you suggest adding execute permissions to it?
– arielf
Sep 30 at 19:10
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I think execution permission is needed, try to run the following command:
sudo chmod +x /etc/apt/sources.list.d
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
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How is the directory/etc/apt/sources.list.dconnected to the file/etc/apt/sources.listmentioned in the question?
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Changing the permissions might work:
sudo chmod -R 0644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
UPDATE: I previously set the mode to 0420, which worked in my case, but per comments and further testing it seems that 0644 is correct.
answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
peterpeter
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The proper permission would be 644 on those files.
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:22
Do you have a source for that? I tried 644 and it did not work. The files in that directory that were not throwing errors already had 0420 mode, so I applied that to the remaining files to get it to work.
– peter
Jun 14 '16 at 0:25
Indeed i have a source, a clean install on a VM where I just looked at the directory and each file has-rw-r--r--. 1 root rootwhich is in fact 644. Beside that giving the owner only read rights prevents later changes on this file greatly and I'm not really sure why you think the group needs write access but the owner not this is what your given permissions imply is-r---w----. 1 root rootand thats plain wrong. See as well help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:26
Directories should be executable or else you can't get listings of them. You wantsudo find -type d /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 && sudo find -type f /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0644
– Adam Katz
Mar 14 at 20:11
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Changing the permissions might work:
sudo chmod -R 0644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
UPDATE: I previously set the mode to 0420, which worked in my case, but per comments and further testing it seems that 0644 is correct.
answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
peterpeter
1791 silver badge5 bronze badges
The proper permission would be 644 on those files.
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:22
Do you have a source for that? I tried 644 and it did not work. The files in that directory that were not throwing errors already had 0420 mode, so I applied that to the remaining files to get it to work.
– peter
Jun 14 '16 at 0:25
Indeed i have a source, a clean install on a VM where I just looked at the directory and each file has-rw-r--r--. 1 root rootwhich is in fact 644. Beside that giving the owner only read rights prevents later changes on this file greatly and I'm not really sure why you think the group needs write access but the owner not this is what your given permissions imply is-r---w----. 1 root rootand thats plain wrong. See as well help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:26
Directories should be executable or else you can't get listings of them. You wantsudo find -type d /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 && sudo find -type f /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0644
– Adam Katz
Mar 14 at 20:11
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Changing the permissions might work:
sudo chmod -R 0644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
UPDATE: I previously set the mode to 0420, which worked in my case, but per comments and further testing it seems that 0644 is correct.
answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
peterpeter
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Changing the permissions might work:
sudo chmod -R 0644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
UPDATE: I previously set the mode to 0420, which worked in my case, but per comments and further testing it seems that 0644 is correct.
answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
peterpeter
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edited Jun 14 '16 at 0:40
answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
peterpeter
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answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
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answered Jun 13 '16 at 21:58
peterpeter
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The proper permission would be 644 on those files.
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:22
Do you have a source for that? I tried 644 and it did not work. The files in that directory that were not throwing errors already had 0420 mode, so I applied that to the remaining files to get it to work.
– peter
Jun 14 '16 at 0:25
Indeed i have a source, a clean install on a VM where I just looked at the directory and each file has-rw-r--r--. 1 root rootwhich is in fact 644. Beside that giving the owner only read rights prevents later changes on this file greatly and I'm not really sure why you think the group needs write access but the owner not this is what your given permissions imply is-r---w----. 1 root rootand thats plain wrong. See as well help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:26
Directories should be executable or else you can't get listings of them. You wantsudo find -type d /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 && sudo find -type f /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0644
– Adam Katz
Mar 14 at 20:11
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The proper permission would be 644 on those files.
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:22
Do you have a source for that? I tried 644 and it did not work. The files in that directory that were not throwing errors already had 0420 mode, so I applied that to the remaining files to get it to work.
– peter
Jun 14 '16 at 0:25
Indeed i have a source, a clean install on a VM where I just looked at the directory and each file has-rw-r--r--. 1 root rootwhich is in fact 644. Beside that giving the owner only read rights prevents later changes on this file greatly and I'm not really sure why you think the group needs write access but the owner not this is what your given permissions imply is-r---w----. 1 root rootand thats plain wrong. See as well help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:26
Directories should be executable or else you can't get listings of them. You wantsudo find -type d /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 && sudo find -type f /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0644
– Adam Katz
Mar 14 at 20:11
The proper permission would be 644 on those files.
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:22
The proper permission would be 644 on those files.
– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:22
Do you have a source for that? I tried 644 and it did not work. The files in that directory that were not throwing errors already had 0420 mode, so I applied that to the remaining files to get it to work.
– peter
Jun 14 '16 at 0:25
Do you have a source for that? I tried 644 and it did not work. The files in that directory that were not throwing errors already had 0420 mode, so I applied that to the remaining files to get it to work.
– peter
Jun 14 '16 at 0:25
Indeed i have a source, a clean install on a VM where I just looked at the directory and each file has
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root which is in fact 644. Beside that giving the owner only read rights prevents later changes on this file greatly and I'm not really sure why you think the group needs write access but the owner not this is what your given permissions imply is -r---w----. 1 root root and thats plain wrong. See as well help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:26
Indeed i have a source, a clean install on a VM where I just looked at the directory and each file has
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root which is in fact 644. Beside that giving the owner only read rights prevents later changes on this file greatly and I'm not really sure why you think the group needs write access but the owner not this is what your given permissions imply is -r---w----. 1 root root and thats plain wrong. See as well help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions– Videonauth
Jun 14 '16 at 0:26
Directories should be executable or else you can't get listings of them. You want
sudo find -type d /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 && sudo find -type f /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0644– Adam Katz
Mar 14 at 20:11
Directories should be executable or else you can't get listings of them. You want
sudo find -type d /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 && sudo find -type f /etc/apt/sources.list.d -print0 |sudo xargs -0 chmod 0644– Adam Katz
Mar 14 at 20:11
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The sources.list files are in /etc/apt/sources.list.d in newer version of Ubuntu. So you need to make a symbolic link from official-package-repositories.list to the old place to solve this problem:
sudo ln -s /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list
answered Feb 19 '15 at 12:44
arppyarppy
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The sources.list files are in /etc/apt/sources.list.d in newer version of Ubuntu. So you need to make a symbolic link from official-package-repositories.list to the old place to solve this problem:
sudo ln -s /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list
answered Feb 19 '15 at 12:44
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The sources.list files are in /etc/apt/sources.list.d in newer version of Ubuntu. So you need to make a symbolic link from official-package-repositories.list to the old place to solve this problem:
sudo ln -s /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list
answered Feb 19 '15 at 12:44
arppyarppy
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The sources.list files are in /etc/apt/sources.list.d in newer version of Ubuntu. So you need to make a symbolic link from official-package-repositories.list to the old place to solve this problem:
sudo ln -s /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list
answered Feb 19 '15 at 12:44
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answered Feb 19 '15 at 12:44
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You shouldn't use
sudoto open graphical applications as root. You should install the gksu package from the Ubuntu Software Center and use thegksudocommand instead ofsudoto open a graphical application as root.You shouldn't run software-properties-gtk as root either. If you need to be root, the application will prompt you in a popup window to authenticate with your user password. Since software-properties-gtk has a built-in authentication feature, you don't need to run it except as a regular user.
Try running software-properties-gtk properly, and see if you still get the same error.
Ubuntu 18.04 and later
gksu has been discontinued in Ubuntu 18.04 and later. To open software-properties-gtk as root run the following command:
sudo -H software-properties-gtk &>/dev/null
answered Sep 2 '14 at 13:51
karelkarel
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I learned something, but it did not solve my issue. Thank you anyway
– Ted Taylor of Life
Apr 17 '17 at 11:59
bash: /dev/nulll: Permission denied for ubuntu 18.04
– Rocketq
Sep 11 '18 at 18:00
@Rocketq Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thispermission deniederror was caused by a typo error (misspelled the wordnull) which I found and corrected.
– karel
Sep 11 '18 at 21:25
@karel/etc/apt/sources.listis neither an executable nor a directory. Why would you suggest adding execute permissions to it?
– arielf
Sep 30 at 19:10
add a comment
|
You shouldn't use
sudoto open graphical applications as root. You should install the gksu package from the Ubuntu Software Center and use thegksudocommand instead ofsudoto open a graphical application as root.You shouldn't run software-properties-gtk as root either. If you need to be root, the application will prompt you in a popup window to authenticate with your user password. Since software-properties-gtk has a built-in authentication feature, you don't need to run it except as a regular user.
Try running software-properties-gtk properly, and see if you still get the same error.
Ubuntu 18.04 and later
gksu has been discontinued in Ubuntu 18.04 and later. To open software-properties-gtk as root run the following command:
sudo -H software-properties-gtk &>/dev/null
answered Sep 2 '14 at 13:51
karelkarel
71.8k15 gold badges160 silver badges187 bronze badges
I learned something, but it did not solve my issue. Thank you anyway
– Ted Taylor of Life
Apr 17 '17 at 11:59
bash: /dev/nulll: Permission denied for ubuntu 18.04
– Rocketq
Sep 11 '18 at 18:00
@Rocketq Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thispermission deniederror was caused by a typo error (misspelled the wordnull) which I found and corrected.
– karel
Sep 11 '18 at 21:25
@karel/etc/apt/sources.listis neither an executable nor a directory. Why would you suggest adding execute permissions to it?
– arielf
Sep 30 at 19:10
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You shouldn't use
sudoto open graphical applications as root. You should install the gksu package from the Ubuntu Software Center and use thegksudocommand instead ofsudoto open a graphical application as root.You shouldn't run software-properties-gtk as root either. If you need to be root, the application will prompt you in a popup window to authenticate with your user password. Since software-properties-gtk has a built-in authentication feature, you don't need to run it except as a regular user.
Try running software-properties-gtk properly, and see if you still get the same error.
Ubuntu 18.04 and later
gksu has been discontinued in Ubuntu 18.04 and later. To open software-properties-gtk as root run the following command:
sudo -H software-properties-gtk &>/dev/null
answered Sep 2 '14 at 13:51
karelkarel
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You shouldn't use
sudoto open graphical applications as root. You should install the gksu package from the Ubuntu Software Center and use thegksudocommand instead ofsudoto open a graphical application as root.You shouldn't run software-properties-gtk as root either. If you need to be root, the application will prompt you in a popup window to authenticate with your user password. Since software-properties-gtk has a built-in authentication feature, you don't need to run it except as a regular user.
Try running software-properties-gtk properly, and see if you still get the same error.
Ubuntu 18.04 and later
gksu has been discontinued in Ubuntu 18.04 and later. To open software-properties-gtk as root run the following command:
sudo -H software-properties-gtk &>/dev/null
answered Sep 2 '14 at 13:51
karelkarel
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answered Sep 2 '14 at 13:51
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answered Sep 2 '14 at 13:51
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I learned something, but it did not solve my issue. Thank you anyway
– Ted Taylor of Life
Apr 17 '17 at 11:59
bash: /dev/nulll: Permission denied for ubuntu 18.04
– Rocketq
Sep 11 '18 at 18:00
@Rocketq Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thispermission deniederror was caused by a typo error (misspelled the wordnull) which I found and corrected.
– karel
Sep 11 '18 at 21:25
@karel/etc/apt/sources.listis neither an executable nor a directory. Why would you suggest adding execute permissions to it?
– arielf
Sep 30 at 19:10
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I learned something, but it did not solve my issue. Thank you anyway
– Ted Taylor of Life
Apr 17 '17 at 11:59
bash: /dev/nulll: Permission denied for ubuntu 18.04
– Rocketq
Sep 11 '18 at 18:00
@Rocketq Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thispermission deniederror was caused by a typo error (misspelled the wordnull) which I found and corrected.
– karel
Sep 11 '18 at 21:25
@karel/etc/apt/sources.listis neither an executable nor a directory. Why would you suggest adding execute permissions to it?
– arielf
Sep 30 at 19:10
I learned something, but it did not solve my issue. Thank you anyway
– Ted Taylor of Life
Apr 17 '17 at 11:59
I learned something, but it did not solve my issue. Thank you anyway
– Ted Taylor of Life
Apr 17 '17 at 11:59
bash: /dev/nulll: Permission denied for ubuntu 18.04
– Rocketq
Sep 11 '18 at 18:00
bash: /dev/nulll: Permission denied for ubuntu 18.04
– Rocketq
Sep 11 '18 at 18:00
@Rocketq Thank you for bringing this to my attention. This
permission denied error was caused by a typo error (misspelled the word null) which I found and corrected.– karel
Sep 11 '18 at 21:25
@Rocketq Thank you for bringing this to my attention. This
permission denied error was caused by a typo error (misspelled the word null) which I found and corrected.– karel
Sep 11 '18 at 21:25
@karel
/etc/apt/sources.list is neither an executable nor a directory. Why would you suggest adding execute permissions to it?– arielf
Sep 30 at 19:10
@karel
/etc/apt/sources.list is neither an executable nor a directory. Why would you suggest adding execute permissions to it?– arielf
Sep 30 at 19:10
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I think execution permission is needed, try to run the following command:
sudo chmod +x /etc/apt/sources.list.d
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
1
How is the directory/etc/apt/sources.list.dconnected to the file/etc/apt/sources.listmentioned in the question?
– Thomas
Oct 11 at 12:18
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I think execution permission is needed, try to run the following command:
sudo chmod +x /etc/apt/sources.list.d
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
1
How is the directory/etc/apt/sources.list.dconnected to the file/etc/apt/sources.listmentioned in the question?
– Thomas
Oct 11 at 12:18
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I think execution permission is needed, try to run the following command:
sudo chmod +x /etc/apt/sources.list.d
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
1
I think execution permission is needed, try to run the following command:
sudo chmod +x /etc/apt/sources.list.d
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
1
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
1
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
1
answered Oct 11 at 11:55
harshharsh
1
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How is the directory/etc/apt/sources.list.dconnected to the file/etc/apt/sources.listmentioned in the question?
– Thomas
Oct 11 at 12:18
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How is the directory/etc/apt/sources.list.dconnected to the file/etc/apt/sources.listmentioned in the question?
– Thomas
Oct 11 at 12:18
How is the directory
/etc/apt/sources.list.d connected to the file /etc/apt/sources.list mentioned in the question?– Thomas
Oct 11 at 12:18
How is the directory
/etc/apt/sources.list.d connected to the file /etc/apt/sources.list mentioned in the question?– Thomas
Oct 11 at 12:18
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