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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000216Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2013-03-30 13:382025-07-14 09:36
Reporterjdx Assigned Tomuts  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Platformx64OSKaliOS Version1.0
Summary0000216: Missing Source in /etc/apt/sources.list
Description

The official kali iso, and any iso built using the steps listed on the official documentation site will cause installed instances of Kali to be missing the /etc/apt/sources.list entry:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
From the list of available sources.

This problem is listed on the FAQ but it should be fixed at a distribution level as it affects all installs (all installs I have tried at least)

Steps To Reproduce

1a) Download and install Kali from the kali.org source
1b) Build Kali from the instructions listed on docs.kali.org
2) Try to install a package from the 'deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free' source, ex 'cdebootstrap' or 'xfce4-places-plugin'
3) receive message 'E: Package \'XXXX\' has no installation candidate'

This issue exists in Kali .iso's built from the official Kali.org .iso downloads.

VM's of a working fix to the missing /etc/apt/sources.list entry work as expected.

Additional Information

As an additional point - even if this entry is added to a particular Kali install, any installers built from this corrected Kali are still missing the entry in /etc/apt/sources.list

This causes me to think the issue may lie in the 'live-build-config' repo available from the kali.org website.

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muts

muts

2013-04-01 09:46

reporter   ~0000299

This is not a bug.
You need to apt-get update before trying to install anything on a newly installed iso.
Also, installing Kali without an internet connection will comment out some repositories.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-03-30 13:38 jdx New Issue
2013-04-01 09:46 muts Note Added: 0000299
2013-04-01 09:46 muts Status new => closed
2013-04-01 09:46 muts Assigned To => muts
2013-04-01 09:46 muts Resolution open => fixed
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal