E: Package 'sshpass' has no installation candidate(not able to install sshpass in linux)

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sudo apt-get install sshpass

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... Done

Package sshpass 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

This question already exists: Always asks are you root? failed to install sshpass in ubuntu. linux. i tried removing lock , updating but could not install — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 04:38
The right thing is to fix your original question (the comment there tells you exactly what information we need) and wait for reviewers to reopen it. It's true some users manage to bend the rules by deleting the old (closed) question and posting anew, sometimes they get away with this. But this makes sense if the new question is better than the old one. Your new question is not better than your old one. It will be treated alike, unless you improve it. — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 04:47
Like then what should I add ...like I am new to this platform and so I don't know what more should I do/add to solve my problem — nikita, Feb 09 '24 at 04:51
The most important information is: what is the OS? Tell us the exact version of it if you can. — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 04:54
It is Ubuntu but in virtual box version I can tell in sometime — nikita, Feb 09 '24 at 04:55
(0) All relevant information shall be added to the question ([edit] the question), highly preferably as text. (1) What is the output of cat /etc/issue? (2) Did you run sudo apt-get update before sudo apt-get install …? (3) What is the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list? Have you changed anything in this file? — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 05:03
(0 again) All relevant information shall be added to the question. — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 05:05
1)Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS \n \l 2) yes i did 3) i did not changed anything — nikita, Feb 09 '24 at 05:10
This system was installed using small removable media
(e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"

entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.

For information about how to configure apt package sources,

see the sources.list(5) manual. — nikita, Feb 09 '24 at 05:12
Posting in comments is not "adding to the question"; [edit]ing the question and adding information to the question body is. Please take our short [tour] to see how the site is designed to work. Then edit the question and move information from your comments to the question. — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 05:13
You must have missed this link when I posted it for the first time, so again: Please don't post images of text. — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 05:19
but for now i have added will not from the next but now can you help me out!? — nikita, Feb 09 '24 at 05:19
There is a bright side: you did add information, you are responding to comments, you are learning how the site works. Keep it up. Even with the images of text this question is significantly better than the old (deleted) one, I don't expect it to be closed as unclear. This does not mean you should stop improving it, but I wanted to let you know you're on the right track. — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 05:25
Note: in sudo apt-get … && apt-get … && apt-get … the sudo applies to the first apt-get only. The whole command will probably work as intended if you precede each apt-get with sudo. Maybe it will not solve the problem yet, but I'm sure it's the lack of sudo before the second apt-get that gave you are you root?. — Kamil Maciorowski, Feb 09 '24 at 05:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '24 at 05:28

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the package you want is in your repos jammy, so you need to update ubuntu to find that package using sudo instead of just apt-get

answered Feb 09 '24 at 05:28

killertofus

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The screenshots show sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install sshpass so the lack of sudo isn’t the problem here. – Stephen Kitt Feb 09 '24 at 05:59
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Look at the last screenshot. He's doing sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get install sshpass. sudo stops being relevant after the first && and I'm willing to bet that's what's fouling him up. – Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI Feb 09 '24 at 08:27
nothing changes – nikita Feb 10 '24 at 06:06

GAD3R · Answer 2 · 2024-02-09T10:36:34.170

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sshpass is available from universe repository (already enabled in your sources.list):

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt update
sudo apt install sshpass

The last command should be:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt install sshpass

The first command is executed with sudo, but the commands after && aren't. @Shadur comment

edited Feb 09 '24 at 10:36

answered Feb 09 '24 at 10:20

GAD3R

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still the same error – nikita Feb 10 '24 at 06:05

E: Package 'sshpass' has no installation candidate(not able to install sshpass in linux)

(e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"

entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.

For information about how to configure apt package sources,

see the sources.list(5) manual.

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