contrib & non-free apt sources gone from jammy?

xpt

2/16/24, 6:48 PM

I used to add contrib & non-free to my apt sources, but found they're gone from jammy:

$ sudo apt update
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease' doesn't have the component 'contrib' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'non-free/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease' doesn't have the component 'non-free' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease' doesn't have the component 'contrib' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'non-free/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease' doesn't have the component 'non-free' (component misspelt in sources.list?)

Then, how to fix common problems like:

E: Package 'rar' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'unrar' has no installation candidate

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy main contrib non-free restricted universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates main contrib non-free restricted universe

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release:        22.04
Codename:       jammy

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Thomas Ward

2/16/24, 6:52 PM

Neither `contrib` nor `non-free` are pockets in Ubuntu, those are Debian-based pockets. You want to enable Universe and Multiverse to get those components.

guiverc

2/16/24, 9:34 PM

I suggest you scan https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu where you'll note no changes have been made since 2017 in fact, ie. prior to Ubuntu 17.10. I'm very familiar with *contrib* and *non-free* being a Debian user myself, but I've never seen them in Ubuntu.

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Pilot6

2/16/24, 6:51 PM

rar and unrar packages are available from the multiverse repository. It is enabled by default if it is a regular Ubuntu release.

contrib and non-free are not Ubuntu repositories, but Debian.

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