Bash (on Windows 10) doesn't locate any package [duplicate]

I have installed Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (after enabling the feature in settings)

I don't remember what I did, but the result was that apt-get doesn't locate ANY package

With and without sudo:

$ apt-get install <package>
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package <package>

I tried many fixes found on this site, like:

apt-get upgrade & apt-get update

& I tried recreating resources.list using nano

How could this be fixed?

1 Answer

You don't have a correctly setup /etc/apt/sources.list file. Try pasting the following into /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb trusty main restricted
deb-src trusty main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb trusty-updates main restricted
deb-src trusty-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb trusty universe
deb-src trusty universe
deb trusty-updates universe
deb-src trusty-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb trusty multiverse
deb-src trusty multiverse
deb trusty-updates multiverse
deb-src trusty-updates multiverse
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb trusty-security main restricted
deb-src trusty-security main restricted
deb trusty-security universe
deb-src trusty-security universe
deb trusty-security multiverse
deb-src trusty-security multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb vivid partner
# deb-src vivid partner

Then try running apt-get update again.