trouble installing apache2 "E: Couldn't find package apache2"

[rhythmiccycle]

i typed the code
sudo apt-get install apache2

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

what do i do?

[cdenley]

Do you have an internet connection. Did you run "sudo apt-get update" first? What is this output?

cat /etc/lsb-release
grep ^[^#] /etc/apt/sources.list

[rhythmiccycle]

sudo apt-get update

did the trick

thanks

[aanca]

hi. i am totally new to ubuntu, tried to install apache2 and failed with the same error message. read replies on this forum, used command
sudo apt-get update
before installing apache and it worked for me also. after that i also read the explanation somewhere.

so, thanks.

[Ray1]

hello, I am getting the same error, it only seems to be checking my cd-drive

after I run the above cmd, it gave me this: deb cdrom:[ubuntu 7.0 _gutsy gibbon_ -release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted

thank you for any help

Ray

[rhythmiccycle]

hello, I am getting the same error, it only seems to be checking my cd-drive

after I run the above cmd, it gave me this: deb cdrom:[ubuntu 7.0 _gutsy gibbon_ -release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted

thank you for any helphoww

Ray

What Camden are you running exactly?

[Ray1]

sorry, new to linux here, what does "Camden" mean?

[rhythmiccycle]

sorry, new to linux here, what does "Camden" mean?

Sorry, I ment to say "cmd" but the autospell on my phone changed it.

What command are you trying to run?

[Ray1]

sudo apt-get install apache2

Which got me this:

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

I then found this forum, and tried :

sudo apt-get update

which got me this:

deb cdrom:[ubuntu 7.0 _gutsy gibbon_ -release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted

Thats where i am as of right now.

[rhythmiccycle]

what does:


lsb_release -a


return?

[Ray1]

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release 7.10
Codename: gutsy

[Ray1]

my problem is solved, thanks for the help.

[mörgæs]

I just noticed that you are running 7.10.

This release ran out of support more than two years ago, meaning that security holes have not been patched. I would recommend that you do a fresh install of a supported release.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Version_timeline