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Nox-Computer
2021-04-12, 11:39
Hello, I am using Kali on my laptop as dual-boot alongside Ubuntu.

When I try to install any program,


└─$ sudo apt-get install vim
[sudo] password for jernej:
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list (type)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list (type)
E: The list of sources could not be read.


I wrote the password correctly. The same happens when I try to update,


└─$ sudo apt-get update 100 ⨯
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list (type)
E: The list of sources could not be read.


The issue only started after i tried to download Signal from its website,


└─$ # 1. Install our official public software signing key 100 ⨯
wget -O- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor > signal-desktop-keyring.gpg
sudo mv signal-desktop-keyring.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/

# 2. Add our repository to your list of repositories
echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main' |\
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list

# 3. Update your package database and install signal
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
--2021-04-12 12:42:38-- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc
Resolving updates.signal.org (updates.signal.org)... 104.18.30.112, 104.18.31.112, 2606:4700::6812:1f70, ...
Connecting to updates.signal.org (updates.signal.org)|104.18.30.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3090 (3.0K) [application/pgp-signature]
Saving to: ?STDOUT?

- 100%[====================================>] 3.02K --.-KB/s in 0s

2021-04-12 12:42:38 (12.7 MB/s) - written to stdout [3090/3090]

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list (type)
E: The list of sources could not be read.


Thank you for your help in advance.