apt-get install not working

er.achaturvedi · 2016-06-19 03:19:02

when i'm trying to install any things using command "sudo apt-get install <file>" its showing error.

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package firefox

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please help me ..!!

damo · 2016-06-19 04:20:33

Do you get this for every apt-get command, or just when doing it for firefox? Because there isn't a package called "firefox", it is called "firefox-esr".

er.achaturvedi · 2016-06-19 04:24:22

its not working.

ohnonot · 2016-06-19 06:31:42

er.achaturvedi wrote:

its not working.

this isn't good enough.

we can only help you if you give us the information.

Your Question
Before posting, it is always a good idea to know exactly what your questions is. That sounds strange, I know, but too often we see short, one line questions which need lots of further questioning until we can see the problem. In fact, the best thing to do is to run a Search first - chances are, your question has been asked and answered over and over again already. Another great resource is the LQ Wiki - there are a large number of articles, many dealing with diagnostics.
As an example:
Bad Question: Help me, <program> just stopped working, what do I do????
That does not give us any of the information needed to help you. We need to know: your distribution (really this should be set in your User Profile so you only need to type it in once), the version of the program (if it's, for example, GAIM, the answer may simply be to upgrade to the latest version), how you were trying to run it, what happens if you run it from the console, what error messages you get, what searches you have run already (this is important, there's nothing worse than spending ages on a search for someone only to be told "I tried that")
Even worse, is to say that you are too busy to search. Why should your time be more valuable than anybody else's? We are not your personal technical support team, nor are we your personal research assistant, the spirit of Linux (one of the many spirits ) is of helping yourself.
So a good question would be:
I have been trying to get GAIM running and it will not connect to MSN. I am running version x.xx in Fedora Core 2. When I open it, there is no problem, but when I try to connect to MSN, it returns "error message". All other applications seem to connect with no problems.
I have tried a search on Google, but I really don't know what I need to search for. Can anyone help me to solve this? Please bear in mind that I am new to this and so would appreciate being told in plain English what I need to do or where I need to start
What was written above applies to all questions - we need information. Tell us your hardware, what happened before you tried it, what changes have you made. Tell us everything - you save a lot of frustration down the line.

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nobody · 2016-06-19 07:11:47

er.achaturvedi wrote:

when i'm trying to install any things using command "sudo apt-get install <file>" its showing error.

----------------------------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package firefox
----------------------------------------
please help me ..!!

sudo dpkg --force-all --purge firefox
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

#1 2016-06-19 03:19:02

apt-get install not working

#2 2016-06-19 04:20:33

Re: apt-get install not working

#3 2016-06-19 04:24:22

Re: apt-get install not working

#4 2016-06-19 06:31:42

Re: apt-get install not working

#5 2016-06-19 07:11:47

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