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I am unable to install testdisk in Ubuntu 13.10 from Live Disk. I am using USB drive to run ubuntu 13.10. I want to recover some data from Windows partition.

I am unable to install testdisk. It is a tar.bz2 file. I have extracted it in a directory.

Can someone help me with the steps to install the application.

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You can install testdisk Install testdisk with apt-get

First, you have to enable the universe repository

repos

Then update and install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install testdisk

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_Software_Tab for additional information on repositories.

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  • Hi minerz, I tried the above command. I am getting the following root@ubuntu:~# sudo apt-get install testdisk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package testdisk
    – user230559
    Jan 2, 2014 at 6:56
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    root@ubuntu:~# sudo apt-get install testdisk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package testdisk
    – user230559
    Jan 2, 2014 at 7:22
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    you have to enable the universe repository - help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/…, then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install testdisk
    – Panther
    Jan 2, 2014 at 14:01

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