Ubuntu 20 Error - E: Package 'openssh-server' has no installation candidate

[daniel6]

Hi, I installed Ubuntu 20, and when I ran "sudo apt install openssh-server", I got an error:

root@daniel:/etc/ssh# sudo apt install openssh-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package openssh-server 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

E: Package 'openssh-server' has no installation candidate

I am using Ubuntu 20.04. How do I solve the error: "E: Package 'openssh-server' has no installation candidate"?

What could be the issue? Please help.

 

[benclark]

Run the command below to resolve your issue:

sudo apt update

Then, install the OpenSSH server package:

sudo apt install openssh-server

I think your package list is outdated. Once you run apt update, it will refresh the package list and repositories.