apt-get cannot find any packages

Question

I get this result on my newly installed ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix. I haven't tampered with any apt files at all. It doesnt work for any other packages.

ira@ira-windu100:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install git.core
[sudo] password for ira: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package git.core
ira@ira-windu100:/etc/apt$ 

Solution

You should first search git packages (git.core package doesn't exists)

apt-cache search git --names-only

When you search an un-installed package, you can run :

sudo apt-file search git-core

To install it, simply run :

sudo apt-get install apt-file

In the present case, you just have to run :

sudo apt-get install git

Last but not least, you should run

sudo apt-get update

like Oliver Salzburg said.

Comments

[Oliver Salzburg]

What happens when you run sudo apt-get update?

[Iramusa]

this: "apt-cache search git --names-only" doesnt give me any output. when I try to install apt-file I get "ira@ira-windu100:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install apt-file Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't find package apt-file ira@ira-windu100:/etc/apt$ "

[Gilles Quenot]

Did you ran sudo apt-get update ?