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engr_john
Asked: 2025-01-21 16:01:01 +0800 CST

How to install net-tools

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I would like to run the command ifconfig in Ubuntu running in virtual box. It ask me to run first sudo apt install net-tools but I get an error E: Unable to locate package net

Kindly let me know how to run ifconfig to find ip address.

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20.04

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  1. Best Answer

    Change the command from sudo apt install net/tools which tries to install a nonexistent package named "net" to sudo apt install net-tools

    In apt the package name in a command like sudo apt install package-name must match an exact package name in the software repositories. Special characters like / are not part of package naming conventions.

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