problem installing packages suspect repository configuration

kaplan71 · 03-18-2011, 06:37 PM

Hi there --

I completed an installation of Ubuntu 10.10 LTS 64-bit as a guest operating system on a VMWare server. Somehow during the installation process, I neglected to install a GUI desktop. I want to install the gnome desktop, but I am running into a series of errors similar to the one shown below:

Code:

user@ubuntu:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d$ sudo apt-get install gnome-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package gnome-core
user@ubuntu:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d$

I suspect there is a problem with the configuration of the apt repositories configuration file(s). I am relatively new to using Ubuntu, so I wanted to know if someone has seen this, and can lend a hand. Thanks.

pljvaldez · 03-18-2011, 06:42 PM

Typically, the repository addresses are in the /etc/apt/sources.list file and some may be listed in directories contained in the /etc/apt directory (I think it is sources.list.d, but I could be mistaken). So if you can post the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list, we can see if you have a valid repository listed.

EDIT: It looks like you also need to enable the universe repositories. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...es/CommandLine