aptpackage-management
I'm getting this:
atul@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install traceroute
[sudo] password for atul:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package traceroute 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 'traceroute' has no installation candidate
Can any one tell me how to solve this problem?
As andol suggests, this is likely a result of the Universe repository component being disabled. Searching the Ubuntu package database for mercurial reveals it's in Universe.
One way to enable the Universe repository is to press Ctrl+Alt+F2 and run software-properties-gtk. In the Ubuntu Software tab, under Downloadable from the Internet, make sure the checkbox for Community-maintained Open Source software (universe) is checked. For more information on enabling Universe, see:
Then, to install Mercurial, run:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install mercurial
mercurial can also be installed from the Software Center.
I presume you are trying to install that package using sudo dpkg -i package, well, that normally leads to package dependency problems so normally I suggest the use of gdebi. If you have any problematic package remove it. You can check using sudo apt-get check. Now down to business:
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
With that we have ready gdebi. Now if you use a 64-bit system you may like to install the 64-bit package, likewise with 32-bits.
Now here comes the funny stuff...
sudo gdebi graphviz_2.37.20140208.0545-1\~saucy_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: libgd2-noxpm (>= 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg)|libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg)
And here is where you stop. The reason is that the stable package depends on package that were dropped of Debian, ergo Ubuntu 13.10:
libgd2 (2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Non-maintainer upload.
* Support multi-arch: (closes: #652496)
- Mark libgd2-xpm, libgd2-noxpm, libgd2-xpm-dev and libgd2-noxpm-dev
as same.
- Adjust d-shlibs and dh-buildinfo build-dependency.
* Drop .la files.
-- Bastian Blank Sun, 13 May 2012 09:16:37 +0000
Those are dependencies of graphviz so they should change them to libgd2-xpm-dev and libgd2-noxpm-dev respectively. If that's the case, you should download the latest build instead 2.38 or later, which includes the correct dependencies.
Best Answer
it has to be installed with the package
inetutils-traceroute.