Error installing webmin on ubuntu 16.04

Question

So I am trying to install webmin on an Ubuntu 16.04 amazon ec2 instance. I have apache2, php7, mariadb already installed. I have been using http://www.htpcbeginner.com/how-to-install-webmin-on-ubuntu/ guide and everything has gone fine until the apt-get install when I get this error.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
N: Ignoring file 'webmin.list.' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Unable to locate package webmin

Any ideas?

Solution 1

N: Ignoring file 'webmin.list.' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension

The file name extension is supposed to be .list and not .list. for Apt to pick it up as a package source file.

1. Rename the file:

   sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list. /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list
   

2. Update the package list based on the modified package sources:

   sudo apt update
   

3. Install the webmin package:

   sudo apt install webmin
   

Solution 2

Remove the webimin ppa sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin*

Then make sure you add correctly the ppa for installing webmin

sudo sh -c "echo deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list"

Then just do

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install webmin

Comments

[TimTech]

:/ its always the smallest of mistakes lol. Thanks for the help!