Q:

gpm package not available

I want to run mev (On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) but it is part of the package gpm which I don't have. I tried running:
sudo apt-get install gpm 

And I get:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package gpm 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 'gpm' has no installation candidate

It should be in the standard ubuntu sources as far as I know. It was listed in Ubuntu software centre but failed to install. After an apt-get update it is now listed as "missing" in the software centre. Any ideas?

A:

gpm is in the universe repository.
using any method, enable the universe repository , then run
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gpm

