Hello,
I am running Kali Linux and am having a problem with my package manager (apt
). I am trying to install the Sinhala language pack, but every attempt fails, even when apt-cache search
shows that the package exists.
Here are the steps I have taken:
- I first tried to install common package names, like
language-pack-si
andlanguage-pack-gnome-si
. All of them failed with the error:Error: Package has no installation candidate
- Next, to find the correct package name on my system, I ran a search:
apt-cache search sinhala
- This search was successful and showed a list of packages, including one that seemed correct:
task-sinhala-desktop-gnome
. - However, when I tried to install that exact package, it failed:
sudo apt install task-sinhala-desktop-gnome
This final command produced the error: E: Unable to locate package task-sinhala-desktop-gnome
My main question is: Why would apt-cache search
be able to find the package in the list, but apt install
is unable to locate it? I have already run sudo apt update
multiple times. It seems like there is a deeper problem with my package manager’s configuration.
Could you please help me diagnose and fix this apt
issue?
Thank you for your time.