Check your /etc/apt/sources.list
This is an example sources.list file. I have used the program net-select-apt to chose the fastest mirror for me. Also, notice this is for 12.04/Precise.
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-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://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-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://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-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://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.symnds.com/ubuntu/ precise-security 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 precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
Update your apt
sudo apt-get update
Check if apt can find apache2
sudo apt-cache search apache2
Install apache2
sudo apt-get install apache2
Optional additional repositories
Here are a few optional repos you can go ahead and add to the bottom of your sources.list.
#Chromium
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/stable/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/stable/ubuntu precise main
sudo apt-get update
before trying to install the package?gedit
is a GUI tool; and as you've probably noticed there is no GUI on an ubuntu server by default. Try usingnano
instead. What's more, you'll need to run the command withsudo
(IEsudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
) as files in the /etc/ directory are normally write-protected and only writable by the root user.