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Daniel Ferencz
Asked: 2015-06-09 03:25:57 +0800 CST

Gdebi-core package is not available

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sudo apt-get install -f gdebi-core
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Gdebi-core package is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean,
that the package is missing, it has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
gdebi

2 Answers

  1. First check that universe is enabled. You can enable it by:

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) universe"

    Then run the command:

    sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gdebi
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  2. The package gdebi-core is in the main repositories. Check your /etc/apt/sources.list for an entry like this, eg. for trusty:

    For the distribution Trusty, eg:

    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

    See your distribution with the command

    lsb_release -sc

    from man lsb_release

    -c, --codename
      Display the code name of the currently installed distribution.

-s, --short
      Use  the  short  output  format  for any information displayed.
      This format omits the leading header(s).

    If the entry is missing, use this command:

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main"

    After that:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gedbi-core
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