Thursday, April 14, 2011

E: Unable to locate package - apt-get install error

test@test-Veriton-S661:~$ sudo apt-get install git
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package git

To fix this, you probably just need to update the apt-get list.


test@test-Veriton-S661:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_AU [1,813B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
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Then run the 'apt-get install' again to install the package that you want.
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6 comments:

  1. RuwanNovember 7, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    thanks, this helped

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  2. sriniDecember 4, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    Thanks a lot... This helped even for me.

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  3. TokandoSeptember 25, 2012 at 11:16 AM

    can you explain why this happen ?

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    1. BASeptember 26, 2012 at 3:53 AM

      I think it's because your apt-get list is outdated and does not have package git

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  4. AfraaMarch 20, 2014 at 4:14 AM

    I am having this same error when trying to install wireshark on ubuntu. But I dont understand the solution you provided. Please help me updating this apt-get list. I'm so new to this linux :(
    I'd be thankful to you.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 23, 2014 at 4:44 AM

    I am also having this issue, unfortunately 'apt-get update' doesn't fix it for me (first thing I tried before googling). Incidentally I get this error for every package, even one's I have install that I'm trying to 'remove'. Any other ideas?

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