Installing RHC package Ubuntu

Question

I just installed Elementary OS on my laptop which has the apt-get package management system, like Ubuntu.

I need to install RHC client tools on the laptop, but when I run

sudo apt-get install rhc

I get the error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package rhc

On researching online some suggested I run the command:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Which I did and get the following details:

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

Any idea why I can't install this basic software?

Answer 1

TL;DR . Try installing it as a gem .

There's no rhc package for trusty, a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release upon which Elementary OS is built.

rhc package is only available for wily, xenial or yakkety versions of Ubuntu (see top right corner of this page ).

OpenShift official install documentation mistakenly states that rhc is available starting Ubuntu vivid release, but clicking that link leads to a non-existent page.