sudo apt-get update giving error about duplicate

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sudo apt-get update giving error about duplicate

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Getting an error about duplicate sources, how can I get around this?

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I went into synaptic ("Ubuntu Software Center") icon.

I went into the Ubuntu top bar indicator (not the winow, the one at the top of your screen) and went into preferences and unchecked the second duplicate (shown here when both were still checked):

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Then I was able to sudo apt-get update at the command line again.

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