The password for one of our user names wasn’t allowing us to login. We changed the password, but had the issue again. In attempt to fix this I reset the SSH. Now ssh will not reinstall.
When trying to re-install the server we get the following errors
“Openssh-server” has no installation candidate" and "Package openssh-server is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean the the package is missing, has been obsolete , or is only available from another source.
E: Unable to locate package ssh E: Package 'openssh-server" has no installation candidate
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if you use ubuntu 16.04 or debian jessie OS than double check your sourcelist
step 1 Debian sourcelist sourcelist
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
ubuntu 1604 xenial sourcelist
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
step 2 after you can update your repo list and install openssh-server
apt-get update
apt-get install openssh-server
if you any problems with apt-get update than
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
and goto step 2 and run the commands again
Dont forget to stay over the droplet console while reinstall your ssh server.
Sorry you’re having trouble. Did you first run apt-get update before attempting to install openssh-server?
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