Need help getting and intalling zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 14.04. Error Couldn't find any package by regex

Question

I use

sudo apt-get install https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package/zlib1g-dev

and this is what ensues:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package https
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package'

How can I get this to work on my version of Linux? I haven't had much luck in finding this and I'm new to linux. (Again, my version of Linux is Ubuntu 14.04)

The normal way to install the package from the repository is simply sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev: no explicit URL should be involved in the command. What are you trying to do, exactly? — steeldriver, Aug 12 '15 at 19:41
No, just leave it to teach someone new to Linux deb about about how to install via apt-get. — sugab, Aug 12 '15 at 23:44
@steeldriver: Could you please convert that to an answer so that schmucks like me who go around hunting for unanswered questions don't have to look at this one any more? ;-) (And I'll upvote if you drop me a note and it's a good one too!) — Fabby, Aug 13 '15 at 02:34

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '15 at 12:32

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Although apt-get obtains packages from online repositories, the actual URLs are resolved behind the scenes using information from the /etc/apt/sources.list file and any additional files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Hence to install a package using apt-get, you should specify only the package name: in this case, that's just sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev

answered Aug 13 '15 at 12:32

steeldriver

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@fappycow: As you're a reputation 6 user: If this answer helped you, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of this text, which means Yes, this answer is valid! ;-) – Fabby Aug 13 '15 at 12:46
certainly, kind sir – BlockchainDeveloper Aug 13 '15 at 13:25

Need help getting and intalling zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 14.04. Error Couldn't find any package by regex

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