Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager
'E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidgin- ppa.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.' I had a problem with Pidgin. In order to enable updates for Pidgin, I ran: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com \ 67265eb522bdd6b1c69e66ed7fb8bee0a1f196a8 . /etc/lsb-release echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu \ $DISTRIB_CODENAME main | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidgin-ppa.list After I did this, the update manager started giving me this error. ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Update manager could not initialise the package informatino https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357554 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs