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When I tried to install Apache in Ubuntu 18.04 using the command sudo apt install apache2, I got:

E: Distorted line 2 in the sources list /etc/apt/sources.list.d  /official-package-repositories.list
E: The list of sources is not read.
E: Distorted line 2 in the sources list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

The second line contains the word universe. After I deleted it, I got:

The apache2 package is not available, but is listed in the dependency list of another package.
E: No installation candidate found for the “apache2” package.
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Comment out line 2 in //etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list by preceding that line with a # character. Open the terminal and type:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

Comment out line 2.

The instructions for using nano editor are always found at the bottom of every page. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+O and after that press Enter to save the file being edited. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+X to exit nano.

Add the main repository to /etc/apt/sources.list. Open /etc/apt/sources.list with nano text editor and add the following lines to it.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted universe multiverse  
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse

If you get a duplicate entry in sources.list error about any of the 4 new lines that you added, you can open /etc/apt/sources.list again in nano text editor, and comment out the duplicate lines by preceding them with a #.

Update the list of available software and try to install apache2 again.

sudo apt update    
sudo apt install apache2
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