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My time and date not on the menu bar and the clock is not in the system settings.

I ran sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime and received this error:

Package indicator-datetime 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 'indicator-datetime' has no installation candidate
guntbert
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Amy
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  • I did find killall unity-panel-service in another post, but not this possible duplicate you found. Thank you, but I am a novice user and need to understand what killall does. It says it will re-initialize the top panel, but I am afraid the command sounds like the whole panel will disappear. – Amy Feb 25 '14 at 20:53
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    killall kills all running instances of the program mentioned after it, in this case unity-panel-service. Once it is killed, it will restart by itself correctly. type man killall to see the manual for this command. – user68186 Feb 25 '14 at 20:56
  • Nothing changed. Perhaps that is what "E: Package 'indicator-datetime' has no installation candidate" means? – Amy Feb 25 '14 at 20:59
  • the apt get command looks in various Ubuntu repositories in the Internet for the program you want to install, downloads, and installs it. The error means it couldn't find any program by the name indicator-datetime to download and install. This may be because this program is now built into unity-panel-service. – user68186 Feb 25 '14 at 21:03
  • That makes sense. What should I type in the terminal now? – Amy Feb 25 '14 at 21:06
  • Try the killall command again. Just hit Up Arrow till you see the previous command and hit enter. For some reason the unity-panel-service is not initializing properly. It may work the next time. – user68186 Feb 25 '14 at 21:10

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This is telling you that indicator-datetime isn't listed in the repositories in your sources. You may need to check that this package is available for your version of Ubuntu and/or add the required repository.

See What does Package <package> has no installation candidate mean? for a better explanation.

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  1. Open the Dash and search for Time & Date;
  2. go to the Clock tab;
  3. make sure Show a clock in the menu bar is checked:

Time & Date settings

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