CHKCONFIG NOT working on UBUNTU 12.04.4

Question

I am trying to install chkconfig in Ubuntu 12.04.4 but it is not installing. I have tried most of the solutions available like

apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
update-rc.d

All of the above is giving the below error

"Package is not available, but is referred to by another package... E: Package 'chkconfig' has no installation candidate".

I am clueless now what to do as I have to install and enable the ssh ....

any other solution to enable and start the SSH...???

Oh yes that was the problem as soon as enabled Software sources everything worked fine...... — techspec90, Jan 23 '15 at 07:45
I am writing it as an answer, mark it accepted if it solved your problem. — g_p, Jan 23 '15 at 09:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '15 at 08:10

As you can see here http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/sysv-rc-conf that package is in the universe repository. Make sure you have a line in your /etc/apt/sources.list that looks like this:

deb http://en.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe

Then run apt-get update to update your package list. The package should then be installable.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '15 at 09:08

Packages you are trying to install (i.e chkconfig and sysv-rc-conf ) are in Universe Repository ( chkconfig, sysv-rc-conf ).

So you have to enable the Universe Repository so that you install software from it.

To enable it

Open Software Sources
Under Ubunut software tab ,check the option "Community-maintained free and open-source software (universe).

Now Run sudo apt-get update.

CHKCONFIG NOT working on UBUNTU 12.04.4

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