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I ran the following command in order to reinstall my broken apt-get system:- 

sudo rm -vf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list && sudo rm -vf /etc/apt/sources.list

I was following the steps from this answer(Always getting error during apt-get install) but gksu package is not installed.

What are the next steps to follow now?

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  • I have no idea what made you do that; but may I suggest not running a update command. Why did you consider your apt-get system broken? (possibly you were supposed to remove /var/lib/apt/lists/....) – guiverc Feb 28 '18 at 7:37
  • @guiverc I was getting similar errors (as asked in this askubuntu.com/questions/652603/…) on every installation. But since apt-get was not working properly, gksu and leafpad packages are not completely installed. Is there anything I can do now? – user8817816 Feb 28 '18 at 7:49
  • given you were following that answer, I'd continue with those steps. leadpad is only an editor, if it were me I'd type sudo vim ... (ie. used the vim editor; by default only vi is installed so if you've not used vim, substitute vi/nano/.. or whatever editor you like in place of leafpad). Please put info such as following (answer..) in your question.. [why sudo and not gksudo - mostly its what my fingers type :) ] ps: if you don't know vi/vim - try nano in place of leafpad (or gedit [if installed]) – guiverc Feb 28 '18 at 7:53
  • try using sudo instead of gksudo (and gksu) – guiverc Feb 28 '18 at 7:58
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    Yes it's working fine now. Thanks for the help. @guiverc – user8817816 Feb 28 '18 at 18:24
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As @guiverc said, follow the answer you are following. You can use sudo instead of gksudo and any text editor(vim/gedit/sublime) instead of leafpad to paste that code. Just remember that due to use of #, askubuntu has converted a comment to bold line. Just insert # in front of every bold line (otherwise that the list cannot be read will keep coming) and don't copy that last line =============. You are good to go.

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