Got error E: Package 'apache2' has no installation candidate while installing apache2 with sudo apt-get install apache2 on Ubuntu 17.10.
Here is the message displayed on terminal.
sudo apt-get install apache2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package apache2 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 'apache2' has no installation candidate
Message after apt-cache policy apache2 command.
apache2:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:
Message after egrep -v '^#|^ *$' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list command
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxgndu-ubuntu-sqlitebrowser-artful.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser/ubuntu artful main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.6.list:deb [arch=amd64,arm64] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list:deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list:deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list:deb [arch=amd64] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-ubuntu-java-artful.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu artful main
How can I solve this issue?
Best Answer
The main problem is missed
/etc/apt/sources.list. You can recreate it with:Then run