acl can't be installed on ubuntu server

14.04 apt acl

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I added the following source line to apt configuration source list:

deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

then i can install acl normally.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

MohammedSimba over 1 year
setfacl/getfacl commands not running on my server, it says:
```
The program 'setfacl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install acl
```
when i tried to install it, it says:
```
sudo apt-get install acl

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package acl is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'acl' has no installation candidate
```
- heemayl almost 9 years
  
  Whats the output of lsb_release -r ?
- MohammedSimba almost 9 years
  
  Release: 14.04
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  It's interesting packages.ubuntu.com/…
- MohammedSimba almost 9 years
  
  @A.B. acl2 is same as acl package?,
- MohammedSimba almost 9 years
  
  @heemayl, i tried that but didn't work
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  Put the output of apt-cache policy acland apt-cache showpkg acl if there is an output.
- MohammedSimba almost 9 years
  
  I added ubunut source for the apt configuration file, deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main and it worked now.
- Jovan Perovic almost 6 years
  
  @heemayl That helped in my case :) Thanks!
A.B. almost 9 years

Interesting, this should be provided as standard.
MohammedSimba almost 9 years

exactly, that was very weird as this line wasn't existed.