E: Package 'maven2' has no installation candidate

Question

I am trying to install maven with sudo apt-get install maven2

Should be pretty straightforward, but I am getting this:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package maven2 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
However the following packages replace it:
  maven

E: Package 'maven2' has no installation candidate

Any hint?

Thanks

Please don't cross-post. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39725856/linux-package-%C2%B4maven2%C2%B4-has-no-installation-candidate — You'reAGitForNotUsingGit, Sep 27 '16 at 13:32
As for the actual problem, have you tried running sudo apt-get update? — You'reAGitForNotUsingGit, Sep 27 '16 at 13:33
maven2 appears to be in the universe repo, so make sure that is enabled and then run sudo apt-get update — steeldriver, Sep 27 '16 at 13:34
how can I make sure thats enabled? Tried apt-get update but not working — stack man, Sep 27 '16 at 13:35
@stackman - See this post: http://askubuntu.com/questions/148638/how-do-i-enable-the-universe-repository — You'reAGitForNotUsingGit, Sep 27 '16 at 13:39
@AndroidDev Thanks, its a must-read post, but unfortunately not working this time — stack man, Sep 27 '16 at 13:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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maven2 package is in universe repository http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=maven2. So, you need to enable universe repo.

How do I enable the "Universe" repository?

Then use

sudo apt-get update

to update software index.

Then use

sudo apt-get install maven2

to install it

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Sep 27 '16 at 13:45

Anwar

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E: Package 'maven2' has no installation candidate

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