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I would like to install gcc-7 on Ubuntu 22.04.

I used:

sudo apt-get install gcc-7 g++-7

But got the error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package g++-7 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

Package gcc-7 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 'gcc-7' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'g++-7' has no installation can

How can I install it on my machine?

Kind regards

didate

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Thanks @Knud Larsen for that solution.

I had the same problem, I need the old version for the distcc server. The client system, a weak industrial PC cannot be updated.

So the solution is simple, I didn't think of it, but it works. For the records, I added:

deb [arch=amd64] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main universe

to /etc/apt/sources.list and

ran: apt update; apt install g++-7

Jodeli
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