Unable to locate package ubuntu-desktop

[ellissteve1313]

I have ran:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

but still get that "Unable to locate package ubuntu-desktop"

how can i fix this?

[Bashing-om]

ellissteve1313; H1 Welcome to the forum .

Yeah, that situation is pretty senseless right now. Let's see if we can determine what is not going on.

1. Is your sources list file in a consistent state - for a current ubuntu repository ?
Post back the out put - between code tags - of terminal command:

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

//
code tag tutorial:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...8#post12776168

2. And you do have a working internet connection - do you see ubuntu.com ?

ping -c3 ubuntu.com

3. and what returns from terminal code:

apt-cache policy ubuntu-desktop

That will get us started in the process of fault isolation for restoration.

cause and effect

[ellissteve1313]

1. Return:

1 deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
2 deb http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
3

2. PING ubuntu.com (91.189.94.156) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from vostok.canonical.com (91.189.94.156): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=44.1 ms
64 bytes from vostok.canonical.com (91.189.94.156): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=44.0 ms
64 bytes from vostok.canonical.com (91.189.94.156): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=43.8 ms

--- ubuntu.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2011ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 43.826/44.013/44.159/0.279 ms

3. Unable to locate package ubuntu-desktop

Thanks for the help

[deadflowr]

You're running debian?

i don't think the ubuntu-desktop metapackage was ever moved up to debian.

At least not through the regular repos.

[ellissteve1313]

hmm

how would one get a GUI there?

[overdrank]

hmm

how would one get a GUI there?

Maybe here
http://www.debian.org/doc/

[deadflowr]

Wasn't there an option to install a gui, like the gnome or xfce or something other desktops when you installed the system?

[Iowan]

Are you sure there isn't one there? My Raspbian PI boots to command line - needs (sudo) startx to launch the desktop.

[ellissteve1313]

I did not install the system myself it was bought.

I am trying to download KDE and use startX but have had no success.

[Bashing-om]

ellissteve1313; Well,

Let's look and see what desktop you might have installed.
Terminal command:

echo $DESKTOP_SESSION

then we can advise better.

look first

before jumping