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I am linux total newbie. I would like to install new packages but I am not able to do this with some:

I try 

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
E: Package 'libncurses5-dev' has no installation candidate

or 

sudo apt-get install kernel-package fakeroot
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package kernel-package 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 'kernel-package' has no installation candidate

Same problem for example with samba. My Ubuntu version is:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 11.04
Release:    11.04
Codename:   natty

2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
bataliero1234
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11.04 isn't supported anymore, you should really update at least to the next supporetd LTS version (12.04).

Otherwise you'd need to update your /etc/apt/sources.list to point to http://old-releases.ubuntu.com instead of the repository currently used, as the default ubuntu sources and mirrors don't contain the packages for 11.04 anymore.

mata
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