Can't install anything on Kali Linux (Unable to locate package..) [closed]

Question

When I try to install a package or anything, I get the following error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ____

How do I resolve this to install my packages?

Answer 1

Solved Unable to Locate Package Issue

1. Enter the command: leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Remove everything within that sources.list file
3. Google for "Kali Linux Repository" or use this link: Kali Linux Repository
4. Scroll down and look for "The kali-rolling repository"
5. Copy everything within that kali-rolling and paste on sources.list file
6. Save the sources.list file
7. Run the command: apt-get update
8. Now install ur package(e.g:apt-get install tor)

Answer 2

You may have an issue with your /etc/apt/sources.list file which is where the apt command looks for the installation of new packages. According to the Kali official docs:

The single most common causes of a broken Kali Linux installation are following unofficial advice, and particularly arbitrarily populating the system’s sources.list file with unofficial repositories.

You can try making a backup of your current sources.list file then creating a new one with the "default" source entry. You'll need to run these as root/with sudo:

# cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

then:

# echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib" > /etc/apt/sources.list

Now try running sudo apt update. If that completes successfully, try installing your package again. See the link above for additional information that may be useful depending on your exact Kali release.

Answer 3

• in update of linux 2019.4 open terminal and use given command: etc/apt/sources.list.d afterwards create a new document file and past the repositories in the mousepad.

• deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

  after that use this command to update your kali linux repositories: sudo apt-get update