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68 questions linked to/from What does "Package <package> has no installation candidate" mean?
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How to install Latex in Ubuntu 13.10 [duplicate]
I recently installed Ubuntu 13.10 on my Computer. I want to install Latex on my Desktop but i am unable to install it.
I first tried to install using following command:
sudo apt-get install texlive-...
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Package 'vim' has no installation candidate [duplicate]
I installed ubuntu inside windows 7 using VMware. I wanted to execute a c program in ubuntu.
when I tried I got like this,
b@ubuntu:~/examples$ vim a.c
The program 'vim' can be found in the ...
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Can't install Midnight Commander [duplicate]
How do I install "Double Commander" or "Midnight Commander" file managers in Ubuntu 18.04?
I tried to install Midnight Commander with sudo apt-get install mc but got
Reading package lists... Done
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Error: package has no installation candidate [duplicate]
I want to install nautilus-open-terminal on my 64 bit Lucid Lynx and I'm getting this:
antonio@antonio-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Can't Find the Ubuntu Software Center After upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I upgraded my Linux Ubuntu to Ubuntu 18.04 and Software Center seems to be missing. I tried to install from Command line.
But I endup with the following Error.
> user@user-HP-ProBook-450-G2:~$ ...
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Ubuntu 12.10: Package libc6-dev-i386 is not available [duplicate]
I'm building 32 bit boost thread libraries on 32 bit Ubuntu 12.10. When building I get the error
/usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory
I googled the problem ...
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apt-get package is not available but is referred to by another package - but cannot find that package [duplicate]
When I try to install a package with apt-get install, I'll occasionally see a message of the form
Package somePackage is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the ...
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Package ... is not available, but is referred to by another package [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04, and whenever I try to install some packages it throws some error message. I don't know how to solve.
I tried sudo apt-get upgrade update all things but still the issue ...
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Cannot install net-tools in Ubuntu 20.04 focal [duplicate]
Iḿ trying to run the command
ifconfig
The output is:
Command 'ifconfig' not found, did you mean:
command 'iconfig' from deb ipmiutil (3.1.5-1)
command 'pifconfig' from deb python3-ethtool (0.14-...
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what does Package has no installation candidate mean? [duplicate]
i was trying to install wireless-tools in ubuntu
sudo apt-get install wireless-tools
when i hit enter it shows like this
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Can't Install Nessus in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS [duplicate]
I tried with the following command:
sudo apt-get install nessus
But It shows:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package nessus is not ...
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Why can't I install gwget? [duplicate]
Tried installing it from command line (sudo apt-get install gwget)
and I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package gwget is ...
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Package ‘git’ has no installation candidate? [duplicate]
I’m trying to install some dependencies and I get errors. For example, with git, I get “package git has no installation candidate’
With libx11-dev and several other prerequisites, I get “unable to ...
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install package from ubuntu dvd [duplicate]
I want to install some package from ubunu 14.04 LTS dvd. Below is what I did. Could anyone please point out what was missing?
root@ubuntu:~# mount ~/ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso /tmpmt -o loop
root@...
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can't install both packages duplicity and python-gi [duplicate]
Both packages duplicity and python-gi are no longer available in the repositories. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Can anyone suggest a solution? Thank you in advance.
~$ sudo apt-get install duplicity ...
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