i've got a problem with my sources.list file and i've no idea what to do

[beelzebro]

so i've been sratching my head with this one for a day, and i've got no other ideas. im a relative Kali n00b so....ya know...anyway,

first i want to thank you all for even taking the time to look a t this one. second let me give you some context.

└─$ sudo apt-get update 100 ⨯
Ign:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/unit193/encryption/ubuntu impish InRelease
Err:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/unit193/encryption/ubuntu impish Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]
Hit:2 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Hit:4 http://kali.download/kali kali-last-snapshot InRelease
Hit:5 http://kali.download/kali kali-experimental InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/unit193/encryption/ubuntu impish Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


why is my kali trying to get ununtu updates?

my sources.list file reads as follows:

GNU nano 5.4 /etc/apt/sources.list
# See https://www.kali.org/docs/general-us...-repositories/
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-last-snapshot main non-free contrib
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-experimental main non-free contrib

# Additional line for source packages
# deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib


there's a bunch of lines after this telling me why it can't do what it cant do from where it cant do it from blah blah.

but so, my question here is, what happened? why is it trying to grab stuff from repositories that aren't listed in the sources.list file? and how do i stop it from doing this?

im trying to get my TP-Link usb wifi adapter to run, and i need to update the headers, actually add repositories so that i can get the updates and upgrades i need to finish the driver patching.

any help you guys and gals could offer would be much appreciated.

[dipendra.chaudhary]

same problem

sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for dipendra:
Ign:1 https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ InRelease
Ign:2 http://download.opensuse.org/reposit.../xUbuntu_16.04 InRelease
Hit:3 https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ Release
Ign:4 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian buster/mongodb-org/4.4 InRelease
Err:5 http://download.opensuse.org/reposit.../xUbuntu_16.04 Release
404 Not Found [IP: 195.135.221.134 80]
Hit:6 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Hit:7 http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian buster InRelease
Hit:8 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian buster/mongodb-org/4.4 Release
Hit:11 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian buster InRelease
Hit:12 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable InRelease
Hit:13 http://deb.playonlinux.com trusty InRelease
Hit:14 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:15 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian buster InRelease
Get:16 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Get:17 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-last-snapshot InRelease
Get:18 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-experimental InRelease
Err:16 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Err:17 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-last-snapshot InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Err:18 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-experimental InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Get:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/umang/indic...kynotes/ubuntu hirsute InRelease
Err:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/umang/indic...kynotes/ubuntu hirsute InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Get:20 http://deb.anydesk.com all InRelease
Err:20 http://deb.anydesk.com all InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Get:21 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable InRelease
Err:21 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Reading package lists... Done
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian buster/mongodb-org/4.4 InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
E: The repository 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/strycore/xUbuntu_16.04 Release' does not have a Release file.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
E: The repository 'http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease' is no longer signed.
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
E: The repository 'http://http.kali.org/kali kali-last-snapshot InRelease' is no longer signed.
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali...shot/InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
E: The repository 'http://http.kali.org/kali kali-experimental InRelease' is no longer signed.
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali...ntal/InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/umang/indicator-stickynotes/ubuntu hirsute InRelease' is not signed.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/umang/indic...sute/InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.anydesk.com/dists/all/InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
E: The repository 'http://deb.anydesk.com all InRelease' is no longer signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/d...able/InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
E: The repository 'http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable InRelease' is no longer signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

[rjbradlow]

I know this is several months old, but for whomever stumbles upon this; know that apt-get has been disabled in Kali - Use sudo apt update, install upgrade etc...
So the answer to this question is stop using apt-get.

By adding Kali?s repository to a non-Kali OS (such as trying to add Kali to Ubuntu), this will highly increase the chance of your system not working. It may not happen straight away, but without any warning, it may break. We will not be able to offer support (and based on what we have seen over the years, most other OS will not help too).


Likewise, adding other operating system?s repositories into Kali (such as trying to put Ubuntu on Kali), will break your installation. This is the single most common reason why Kali Linux systems break.