E: Unable to locate package when I install unetbootin

I try to install UNETbootin using the terminal. When I enter the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install unetbootin

I get this error:

E: Unable to locate package

I already tried many things.

I hope anyone has a solution for this? I'm using Ubuntu 18.10 is it because of this version I get this error? Are there other alternatives than unetbootin?

2 Answers

Three moments here:

1. UNetBootin was available in the universe repository for 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS.
2. UNetBootin's PPA ppa:gezakovacs/ppa do not have packages for 18.10.

3. You still can install it by manually downloading packages from 18.04 LTS PPA:

   cd ~/Downloads
   wget
   wget
   sudo apt install ./unetbootin*.deb

---

Note: I have sent e-mail to UNetBootin PPA owner about supporting of 18.10.

0

UNetbootin has been dropped from the default Ubuntu repositories in 18.04 and later, but the built-in Startup Disk Creator application is a good alternative to UNetbootin for the 5 live Linux USBs that I made with Startup Disk Creator instead of UNetbootin so far. My cumulative success rate with Startup Disk Creator as a UNetbootin alternative is 5 out of 5.

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Submit

Post as a guest

Post Your Answer Discard

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy