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Waqas
Asked: 2020-05-22 16:32:33 +0800 CST

system-config-kickstart has no installation candidate in Ubuntu 20.04 desktop

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I am trying to install system-config-kickstart on my Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop amd64. But the package is not found. How should I install system-config-kickstart on Ubuntu 20.04?

I have enabled main, universe, restricted and multiverse repositories and run apt update before trying to install it. Also tried installation from apt-get install system-config-kickstart.

Tried searching for the package through apt-cache search and apt search but no results.

Below is the output I get when I tried installing.

waqas@waqas-pc:~$ sudo apt  install system-config-kickstart
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package system-config-kickstart is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'system-config-kickstart' has no installation candidate
software-installation apt 20.04

1 Answers

  1. The package was removed after 19.10 because Python 2 deprecation, but you can still get and install it manually:

    mkdir -p ~/Downloads/sck

cd ~/Downloads/sck

wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb
wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-glade2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/system-config-kickstart/system-config-kickstart_2.5.20-0ubuntu25_all.deb

sudo apt-get install ./*.deb

    and enjoy.

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