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I am trying to install net-tools using

sudo apt install net-tools

but I get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package net-tools

So I tried the following commands

sudo apt update 
sudo apt upgrade 
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt -f install
sudo apt autoremove

each of them respond with

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

any suggestions to fix this issue without breaking the server would be appreciated!

acebelowzero
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  • The `net-tools` package has been deprecated for quite some time (I think about 8 years now). Are you installing it to use `ifconfig`? –  Jan 08 '21 at 23:34
  • I wanted to use netstat – acebelowzero Jan 08 '21 at 23:50
  • Hmm … seems that [the package is still available](https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/net-tools) for 20.04. Unless you’re using a less common platform, I don’t see why you can’t install it. Perhaps `ss -ltu` will give you what you need? –  Jan 09 '21 at 01:25
  • that worked! thank you – acebelowzero Jan 09 '21 at 04:24

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