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I wanted to install PostGIS on my server which already have a PostgreSQL installed. I followed this PostGIS installation manual.

I inputted this script:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt trusty-pgdg main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list' wget --quiet -O - http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -

The console echoed OK. So I proceed to updating the sources list using sudo apt-get update. That is when a warning prompt caught my attention.

W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/apt.postgresql.org_pub_repos_apt_dists_trusty-pgdg_main_binary-amd64_Packages) W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/apt.postgresql.org_pub_repos_apt_dists_trusty-pgdg_main_binary-i386_Packages) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

I opened /etc/apt/sources.list and check for duplicate deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main but I only see one. How come it tells me there is duplicate?

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  • Take a look at the files in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. The duplicate may be in there. Commented Nov 2, 2014 at 12:32

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I had the same problem. Rerunning apt-get update, as recommended in the error, simply results in the same error. Checking the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/postgresql.list did show duplicates. Manually editing this file to remove duplicates fixed this error for me.

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I solved this problem like this. At first you should find the file which is including text "wily-pgdg"

It may be /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list :

deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ wily-pgdg main deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ wily-pgdg main

It seems like there is the mistake. Making it look like:

deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ wily-pgdg main deb-src http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ wily-pgdg main

worked for me. (add the -src).

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