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Unable to locate package mini-httpd?


I am trying to install mini-httpd on Ubuntu 14.04.03 LTS and I see

root@34c6915e4fed:/# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release:    14.04
Codename:   trusty
root@34c6915e4fed:/# apt-get install -yq wget default-jre-headless mini-httpd
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Unable to locate package mini-httpd
root@34c6915e4fed:/# 

What is missing?


Solution

  • I have checked that these lines in my /etc/apt/sources.list will make mini-httpd available.

    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
    

    Don't forget to run apt-get update.

    root@xyz:~# apt-get update
    root@xyz:~# apt-cache search mini-httpd
    mini-httpd - a small HTTP server
    

    My entire /etc/apt/sources.list after a fresh install looks like this:

    # 
    
    # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Beta amd64 (20150805)]/ trusty main restricted
    
    #deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Beta amd64 (20150805)]/ trusty main restricted
    
    # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
    # newer versions of the distribution.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
    
    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    ## distribution.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
    
    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
    
    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
    ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    ## security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
    
    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
    
    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    ## 'partner' repository.
    ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
    # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
    
    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
    ## 'extras' repository.
    ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    # deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
    # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
    

    You can also use the Ubuntu package search at http://packages.ubuntu.com/ to try to locate packages.