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KennyW

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Registered: 2025-02-19

Posts: 1

Terminal can't find Q4OS package manager

Hi Guys,
New here, so just finding my way around. I'd like to make a live Q4OS USB to be able to try out the distro on a few old computers being thrown out at work, to see if they can be of use. But when I go to load the imager from the terminal as advised on page one of 'Tips & Tricks' page using the command:

sudo apt install q4os-imager

I just get the response:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package q4os-imager

I am working in Linux Mint, Mate version on my home PC. Any help greatly appreciated.

crosscourt

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From: Wash DC

Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 2,372

Re: Terminal can't find Q4OS package manager

Look here,  www.q4os.org/dqa018.html

Youll notice that at the end of that thread in tips and tutorials, someone else is having the same issue as you did above.

Last edited by crosscourt (2025-02-19 01:58)

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Q4OS KDE 5.xx  Lenovo M73 Thinkcentre Tiny/Dell Inspiron 3670

hchiper

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 625

Re: Terminal can't find Q4OS package manager

E: Unable to locate package q4os-imager

I am working in Linux Mint, Mate version on my home PC. Any help greatly appreciated.

The "q4os-imager" package exists only in Q4OS repositories,  not in other distro's ones.
You can find other instructions here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall#C … Flashdrive
You can also search the web with these keywords: "write iso to usb with dd". dd is a command available from a terminal. It comes with nearly all distro installs.
Here are good explanations and instructions: https://pendrivelinux.com/create-bootab … -using-dd/

Whatever the app you use to write an .iso to a drive, the operation is irrecoverable, so "It’s crucial to double or triple check the target device before executing the command."

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Q4OS machine: Samsung R519 - Pentium T4200 2.0 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD

crosscourt

Member

From: Wash DC

Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 2,372

Re: Terminal can't find Q4OS package manager

The link I posted above in #2 is from the Q4OS documentation that shows how to accomplish the task in Windows, other Linux distros and Q4OS.

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Q4OS KDE 5.xx  Lenovo M73 Thinkcentre Tiny/Dell Inspiron 3670