-2

After running sudo apt update I am getting the following error:

E:Malformed entry 3 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list([option]) not assignment)
E:The list of the sources could not be read.
karel
  • 110,292
  • 102
  • 269
  • 299
Megavath Haritha
  • 1
  • 1
    [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has reached the end of it's *standard* support life](https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2021/03/13/extended-security-maintenance-for-ubuntu-16-04-xenial-xerus-begins-april-30-2021/) thus is now off-topic here unless your question is specific to helping you move to a supported release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 16.04 ESM support is available, but not on-topic here, see https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic See also https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-16-04-lts-transitions-to-extended-security-maintenance-esm *Xenial is Ubuntu 16.04* – guiverc Oct 24 '22 at 04:34

1 Answers1

0

The error is telling you that your sources can not be read because you have a bad entry in line three of the file at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list. You need to remove or comment this line, or delete this .list file.

You didn't tell us what version of Ubuntu you are using but please be aware that community support has ended for Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial).

Nmath
  • 12,105
  • 8
  • 25
  • 54