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I am unable to install testdisk in Ubuntu 13.10 from Live Disk. I am using USB drive to run ubuntu 13.10. I want to recover some data from Windows partition.

I am unable to install testdisk. It is a tar.bz2 file. I have extracted it in a directory.

Can someone help me with the steps to install the application.

Charo
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user230559
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    It's all explained in my answer to this question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/286181/how-do-i-recover-my-accidentally-lost-windows-partitions-after-installing-ubuntu (provided you have internet access on that machin, do you?) – Takkat Jan 01 '14 at 12:19

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You can install testdisk Install testdisk with apt-get

First, you have to enable the universe repository

repos

Then update and install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install testdisk

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_Software_Tab for additional information on repositories.

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Panther
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  • Hi minerz, I tried the above command. I am getting the following root@ubuntu:~# sudo apt-get install testdisk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package testdisk     – user230559 Jan 02 '14 at 06:56
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    root@ubuntu:~# sudo apt-get install testdisk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package testdisk     – user230559 Jan 02 '14 at 07:22
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    you have to enable the universe repository - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_Software_Tab, then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install testdisk – Panther Jan 02 '14 at 14:01