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I can't install synaptic package manager in Ubuntu 16.04.
I do this: 

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install synaptic

And I see

Package synaptic 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 'synaptic' has no installation candidate

What can I do?

The output of sudo apt update command:

Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Reading package lists... Done                      
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Zanna
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Kate Buchynska
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Go to System Settings -> Software and Updates and check the "universe" repository.

You can also enable "multiverse" and "restricted" too.

Then the package will get installed after sudo apt update.

Normally these repositories are enabled by default in installed systems, but are disabled in Live systems. In your case the repositries are not enabled for some reason.

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