Cannot install packages in Lubuntu 12.04

**AAEIV** · July 27th, 2014

I've just installed lubuntu 12.04 on an Acer aspire one netbook. I've noticed that although chromium-browser is installed, it doesn't come with a flash-player. I tried to install it using

Code:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

but I get the error

Code:

E: Unable to locate package flashplugin-installer

I also tried to install some other basic packages like gedit, deluge, kate, geany but I get the same error. Then I tried to update all repositories using

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

but while it's running there are some errors like

Code:

Err http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Sources
404  Not Found

or

Code:

W: Failed to fetch     http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/source/Sources  404  Not Found

Why is this happening? I've checked my internet connection and it's fine. I also tried to install chromeusing GDebi package installer` but I get an error

Code:

Dependency is not satisfiable : libnns3(>=3.14.3)

I believe that somehow I cannot see the repositories. What can I do to fix this?

**westie457** · July 27th, 2014

Lubuntu 12.04 is no longer supported, It went EOL around October 2013.

Suggest you go for Lubuntu 14.04 LTS, this is supported for at least 2 years.
It may even be supported for 5 years in line with the other *buntu distros.

Edit.
Just checked here http://lubuntu.net/ 1404 is supported for 3 years.

**bapoumba** · July 27th, 2014

@westie457 ??
AAEIV : you said you installed, did you fresh install from a downloaded DVD or did you release upgrade ?
I think you upgraded because you have quantal repositories. Please post the outputs to :

Code:

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list
ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list.d
tail -v -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

**AAEIV** · July 27th, 2014

Originally Posted by westie457

Lubuntu 12.04 is no longer supported, It went EOL around October 2013.

Suggest you go for Lubuntu 14.04 LTS, this is supported for at least 2 years.
It may even be supported for 5 years in line with the other *buntu distros.

Edit.
Just checked here http://lubuntu.net/ 1404 is supported for 3 years.

The thing is that will it run on my low spec netbook? It has 1gb of RAM and an atom 1.3GHz cpu...

**AAEIV** · July 27th, 2014

Originally Posted by bapoumba

@westie457 ??
AAEIV : you said you installed, did you fresh install from a downloaded DVD or did you release upgrade ?
I think you upgraded because you have quantal repositories.

I didn't upgrade. I've installed it from a live usb, that I downloaded from lubuntu's website...

Code:

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

     1	# deb cdrom:[Lubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release i386 (20121017.1)]/ quantal main multiverse restricted universe
     2	
     3	# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4	# newer versions of the distribution.
     5	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     6	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     7	
     8	## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9	## distribution.
    10	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    11	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    12	
    13	## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14	## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15	## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    17	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    18	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    19	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    20	
    21	## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
    22	## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
    23	## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
    24	## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25	## security team.
    26	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    27	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    28	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    29	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    30	
    31	## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    32	## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    33	## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    34	## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    35	## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    36	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    37	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38	
    39	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    40	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    41	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    42	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    43	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    44	deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    45	
    46	## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    47	## 'partner' repository.
    48	## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    49	## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    50	# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    51	# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    52	
    53	## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    54	## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    55	deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    56	deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main

Code:

ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list.d

total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 16  2012 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 27 13:01 ..

Code:

tail -v -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

tail: cannot open `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/*' for reading: No such file or directory

**bapoumba** · July 27th, 2014

This is Quantal 12.10 you have installed here. Please install lubuntu 14.04. I have a 1 GB ram, 1.66 GHz laptop that runs both 14.04 and 14.10 great. You should be fine.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/re...14.04/release/