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Windows 10 Ubuntu bash failing to install packages. Whenever I try install new package with below command, getting same error.
root@VASI-HOME-PC:/mnt/c/Users/vadap# apt-get install atom
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package atom
This is not just with atom pacakge but i tried installing other packages like pip as well and received same error.
Devoloper250
Posted 2018-09-19T17:50:33.923
Reputation: 403
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Executed below 2 commands and then I was able to install the packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip
Source - https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-pip-on-ubuntu-18.04/
Devoloper250
Posted 2018-09-19T17:50:33.923
Reputation: 403
This answer is unlikely to be well recieved, unless you provide the relevant information from the link, like what you actually did in the body of the answer. – Ramhound – 2018-09-20T18:24:48.327
Thank you @Ramhound . I have updated the steps executed and later I was able to install the packages like pip. – Devoloper250 – 2018-09-20T18:37:25.530
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System: Windows 10 Enterprise, Ubuntu Windows Subsystem for Linux.
I ran this command:
sudo apt-get install dos2unix
I had this error:
E: Unable to locate package dos2unix
I then ran:
sudo apt-get update
and then:
sudo apt-get install dos2unix
and it installed properly.
ProtoHumanCam
Posted 2018-09-19T17:50:33.923
Reputation: 11
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The error you're getting is because "atom" isn't part of the default packages, but WSL does not support graphical applications like Atom so it would never work anyway.
I would recommend installing it for Windows which is available from their website atom.io.
To make sure a package is actually in the package system you can use apt search <whatever> or for a simpler output apt-cache search <whatever>.
NOTE: Do not do the following, but for completeness sake I'll add how to actually install it:
You need to add the atom repository with the following command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
After that you can install it by first updating the search cache with apt-get update and then installing the package with apt-get install atom.
Mikael Kjær
Posted 2018-09-19T17:50:33.923
Reputation: 1 318
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Same error, solved after:
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list # add source
sudo apt update # update source cache
My sources.list file:
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security multiverse
Edit this list according to your location, as some sources may not apply globally.
Qinsi
Posted 2018-09-19T17:50:33.923
Reputation: 101
1What did you add to the sources.list file? Please do not respond in comments; [edit] your answer to make it clearer and more complete. – Scott – 2019-06-18T02:33:10.867
1@Scott File content added ;D – Qinsi – 2019-06-19T06:01:35.397
1The error message you received, indicates Atom is required, which means the package you are trying to install has a GUI. That isn't going to be supported by WSl out of the box. In other words, you are not going to be able to install any package, that requires Atom. – Ramhound – 2018-09-19T19:25:49.763
@Ramhound I have tried to install pip and few other packages. I have received the same error. Does it mean all of them had GUI ? – Devoloper250 – 2018-09-20T15:59:01.493