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    If you want help solving your errors, you need to mention what they error as precisely as possible. Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 4:00
  • $ sudo apt-get install acroread Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package acroread Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 4:31
  • Try following: askubuntu.com/a/89129 Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 4:48
  • The packages sometimes do not have names that corresponds to actual commands. "latex" may be found in "texlive-latex-base", for example. Others may be found in non-standard repositories. Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 15:39
  • @Kusalananda : as it was time, you put your finger right on the right point -- extended name. Furthermore, following your lead , I found that i can actually use even a wild card, in this case it was like dpkg-query -l 'latex' Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 23:25