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I was trying to install it and no results of it. But I'm using apt to do it.

ninjmango@lenovothinkpadt400:~$ sudo apt install nala
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package nala
ninjmango@lenovothinkpadt400:~$

Does anyone know how to do it?

Artur Meinild
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JACOB Mondejar
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    I see `nala` available for *jammy* (22.04) and later (eg. `nala | 0.11.1~bpo22.04.1 | jammy-backports/universe | source, all`). Ubuntu 18.04 LTS reaches the EOSS next month; five years after its initial launch in 2018-April. – guiverc Mar 15 '23 at 01:30
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    The [changelog](http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/n/nala/nala_0.11.1/changelog) lists the first "experimental" 0.1.0 release as Nov 2021 – steeldriver Mar 15 '23 at 02:05
  • Ask the packaging system: `apt-cache search nala` – waltinator Mar 15 '23 at 02:25
  • Since Ubuntu 18.04 loses support this April, you really need to think about upgrading. See https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle – waltinator Mar 15 '23 at 02:31
  • No,you're it's no longer supported with the hardware and maintenance for the window but I heard that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS itself is still supported at April 2028. But I'm not sure what day it's at? – JACOB Mondejar Mar 15 '23 at 03:44
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS reached *End of Standard Support* in April 2028, five years after initial release (read https://ubuntu.com//blog/18-04-end-of-standard-support) though yes parts of it are still supported if you *enable* ESM or use Ubuntu Pro, allowing you to get five additional years of support for specific packages (*those covered by ESM/PRO which isn't all architectures & all packages*). Ubuntu 18.04 LTS support ends on this site next month (EOSS) – guiverc Mar 15 '23 at 03:50
  • Nala was previously available for Ubuntu 20.04, but support was dropped, since it was too hard to maintain. Also, see my answer below. – Artur Meinild Mar 15 '23 at 07:22

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Nala isn't officially supported on Ubuntu earlier than version 22.04.

Nala is available in the Universe repository as a backport for Ubuntu 22.04, and as a "normal" release on Ubuntu 22.10 and newer.

It's also available in the Volian Scar repository. The installation Wiki page here clearly states:

Ubuntu 18.04 / Debian Buster and older

Unfortunately Nala will not work on these releases or older.
The python versions are too old, and they don't have the required packages.
Having said that you may be able to look further below and install from source. These distros will not be officially supported.

Nala was previously available for Ubuntu 20.04 under the package name nala-legacy, but the developers have dropped providing binary packages for this branch, since it was too difficult to maintain.

So the only option to get Nala working on older systems is to manually compile from source, and in addition fix all required Python dependencies (which may be a complicated task).

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