what does Package has no installation candidate mean?

Question

i was trying to install wireless-tools in ubuntu

 sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

when i hit enter it shows like this

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Package wireless-tools 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 'wireless-tools' has no installation candidate

help me to solve this problem

Post the sudo apt update && apt search wireless-tools result. — Pavel Sayekat, Dec 20 '18 at 11:40
@karel wireless-tools is available on main repository, it's not a ppa package. — Pavel Sayekat, Dec 20 '18 at 13:02

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 20 '18 at 12:28

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In terminal run software-properties-gtk See if you have selected the options seen in the picture below.

answered Dec 20 '18 at 12:28

Vijay

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what does Package has no installation candidate mean?

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