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Why am I getting the error E: Package php5-gd has no installation candidate when trying to install php5-gd?

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I am trying to install php5-gd and receive this error

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Package php5-gd 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 php5-gd has no installation candidate

I am not sure why this would be, I checked dpkg -l | grep php and noticed php5-gd was installed at one point. I am not sure why it or how it was removed but I need it installed.

dpkg -l | grep php

rc  php5-gd                         5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6                          GD module for php5

ii  libapache2-mod-php5             5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6                          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag

ii  php5                            5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6                          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag

ii  php5-cli                        5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6                          command-line interpreter for the php5 script

ii  php5-common                     5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6                          Common files for packages built from the php

ii  php5-mysql                      5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6                          MySQL module for php5

I have checked my sources.list, here it is:

http://pastie.org/7699452 (the paste was too long so I opt'd to use a paste service)

I have ran apt-get update as well to be sure.

Could anyone recommend how I can fix this so I can get php5-gd installed?

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answered 2 Years ago lowovey · Accepted Answer

My reputation isn't big enough to comment, but here is what I wanted to say:

Did you try adding another mirror to your sources? Example:

create a new file called /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alternative_Repo.list containing this:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

This will make sure that your package manager has access to an up-to-date official mirror in case your main mirror is lagging behind.

I looked at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors and kernel.org is quite behind in many countries. Due to how mirrors works, they can't be up to date all the time.
In the netherlands, as example, it's pretty bad:
Kernel.org http ftp rsync 1 Gbps Last update unknown

I hope it helps!