How to re-create the repositories in /etc/apt folder in Ubuntu 18.04
I accidentally deleted all the files in the folder /etc/apt
which contains sources.list
.
Now I am not able to install any software via terminal; I get this error every time:
Package has no installation candidate
How can I fix this? Thank you in advance :-)
You can create sources.list
in /etc/apt
directory.
sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list
Open file with nano.
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Copy following content in file.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
# OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted universe multiverse
###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
Save it and You will be able to run
sudo apt update
and install any packages.