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I am new to Ubuntu and Linux and just starting my journey. I have successfully installed and have the OS booting from a console window. I have tried to download the GUI through sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, but ran into this error:

Unable to locate package ubuntu-desktop

Kindly assist with the steps to follow in order to install the GUI.

karel
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user283906
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You might need to update your sources first by running:

sudo apt-get update

It's also possible that your sources.list files isn't set up correctly. You can configure them in the update manager. They are located in the file /etc/apt/sources.list. If you still have problems after running the update please post the contents of the /etc/apt/sources.list file here.

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
cioby23
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  • Hi Cioby23,I have tried running "sudo apt-get update" and it finishes successfully but when i run the "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop" i get the same message "unable to locate ubuntu package desktop". How do i locate the source list? – user283906 May 21 '14 at 17:22
  • Run in the terminal the second command from my answer – cioby23 May 21 '14 at 17:23