Some programs [software updater+welcome+boutique] are not working

Hi.
I'm virtually new to ubuntu and I ended up some troubles whence I tried to install wine on ubuntu mate. After all, wine has not been installed and some of my programs such as software updater, welcome, and boutique don't run.
Is there anybody know what should I do to solve this problem?
Thank you in advance.

Hi

ended up some troubles whence I tried to install wine

what happens if you open a terminal like mate-terminal and run this command

sudo apt install wine

I notice your sentence reads
nor some of my programs such as software updater, welcome, and boutique do run

I am guessing you did not mean to use "nor"?
unless you mean you can not run those software apps?

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after entering that command I see this:
kianoosh@kianoosh-X450CC:~$ sudo apt install wine
[sudo] password for kianoosh:
E: Malformed entry 54 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed entry 54 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
And as I said I can't run aforementioned programs.

Since Welcome/Boutique/Software Updater use Apt for software installations, it makes sense that would fail to start because of that error.

To fix:

  1. Find this file in the file manager (Caja) and navigate to :harddrive: File System → etc → apt.
  2. Right click sources.list and choose "Edit as Administrator".
  3. Jump to line 54 and remove it. Save the file.
  4. Open the Terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and run:
    sudo apt update
    

By default that file has about 51 lines, so malformed entry at the end is likely from an external repository. If you'd like us to double check, please post us the output of /etc/apt/sources.list (Be sure to post it in :code: tags)

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Thank's a lot.
The problem has been solved by your help.
This is the content of that file after removal of line54.

            # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-MATE 18.04.2 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20190210)]/ bionic main multiverse restricted universe
        # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
        # newer versions of the distribution.
        deb http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
        # deb-src http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    ## distribution.
    deb http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
    # deb-src http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted

    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    deb http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
    # deb-src http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
    deb http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
    # deb-src http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe

    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
    ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    ## security team.
    deb http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
    # deb-src http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
    deb http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
    # deb-src http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse

    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    deb http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    # deb-src http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    ## 'partner' repository.
    ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
    # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner

    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
    # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
    # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
    # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
    deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ cosmic main
    # deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ cosmic main
    # deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/bionic main
    deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
    # deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
    # deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main