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.