Internet yes APT no

mickboda · 07-16-2006, 11:20 PM

Hi All,

Strange APT Problem ..

Just installed Dapper Drake (Ubuntu) from CD. It failed getting the APT repositories, but completed the installation. So I ran APT-GET UPDATE after the install and it stalls at 50% it also tries to go to 10.0.0.0 for the updates.

I can access the internet without trouble, so what gives...

I haven't provided much info, because I really don't know what's relevant

regards

Mick

jens · 07-16-2006, 11:33 PM

Could you post your "/etc/apt/sources.list" (less /etc/apt/sources.list)?

gromer · 07-17-2006, 04:55 AM

I guess that you didn't have a connection to the repositories during install and that leads to a # proceeding the entries in your sources list.
If this is not the problem, check if you can successfully ping these sites.

Braino420 · 07-17-2006, 03:27 PM

I get a similar problem whenever I install Dapper. Here is what I do to fix it:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf

Usually I only see one line in there dealing with Proxys. Deleting that line and saving fixes it for me. I hope this helps

-Braino

Hunza · 07-19-2006, 11:20 AM

Hi everyone, I have been on this merry go round a couple of times.

The problem is somehow IPV6 and firefox related (though how I am not sure)
1. open your firefox browser and in the URL window type "about:config" (without the quotes). this shows all the options for firefox.
2. scroll down the list and find the entry "network.dns.disableIPv6"
3. Change the boolean value from false to TRUE.

You should now be able to APT away merrily. This has worked for me on 3 separate occaisions with Ubuntu breezy and Dapper.
I found this fix on the mozilla Firefox website.

The other option is to ping the repository prior to issueing an apt command, but it is a very tiresome process.

Also, go to your sources.list file and comment out the entry for the install CD. This will stop APT looking to it first before checking repos.

Hope this helps!