apt-get : couldn't find apache2

dgapp · 12-21-2006, 02:14 PM

Have a new installation of Ubuntu server here. Have my proxy and internet set up properly. However, when I run apt-get install apache2 (or pretty much anything else such as ssh or subversion), it reports E: Couldn't find package apache2. This is very frustrating. I uncommented the universe repositories from sources.list. What am I missing?

pljvaldez · 12-21-2006, 03:02 PM

Are you using sudo (run as root user)? sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install apache2

dgapp · 12-21-2006, 03:35 PM

Yep, using sudo...

Here is what I am seeing

$ sudo apt-get install apache2

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package apache2
$

jens · 12-21-2006, 03:50 PM

Try:

Code:

sudo apt-get install apache2-common

pljvaldez · 12-21-2006, 03:55 PM

Try searching the archives, apt-cache search apache

dgapp · 12-21-2006, 04:18 PM

Yeah same problem. I am starting to think it may be a network proxy issue? I have set the environment variable http_proxy to my proxy server. I am able to resolve network names through my DNS, I have an ip address assigned through DHCP.

I am able to download files off the internet with wget.

Is there more that I need to do for apt to function? I thought it was only using http to communicate. Do I need to open any ports on my machine or anything like that? Thanks all for the help

dgapp · 12-21-2006, 04:21 PM

valdez--
"apt-cache search apache" gives me this output

libss10.9.8 - SSL shared libraries

Now that is promising at least. apt-get still does not find it though.

pljvaldez · 12-21-2006, 04:26 PM

Did you setup your /etc/apt/apt.conf file with a line like

Code:

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://MYDOMAIN\MYNAME:MYPASS@MY.PROXY.COM:MYPORT"

dgapp · 12-21-2006, 04:37 PM

Had updated apt.conf earlier, double-checked it...found a slight discrpency between my environ var and what was in apt.conf. Got it working!!! Thanks for everything gang