cannot update ubuntu

It sounds like you are not connected to the Internet, or you don't have access to a domain name server. Can you browse the web?

ph.archive.ubuntu.com is clearly having issues. I suggest you use software sources under administration and select a different server.

yes, i am connected to the internet through a LAN. I can surf the internet (like right now).

Change your source as I recommended, the one you are trying to use is having trouble. There are lots of alternatives.

Can you explain further / teach me how to do it? I'm kinda new to this, and I'm not getting what you mean by source. I'm sorry, and thanks.

On the update manager, in the lower left corner is a button called 'settings'-- open that, and the first tab is labeled 'Ubuntu Software'. One of the options is "download from" .. select 'other server' and then choose one that is in your home country. Or press the button to "Select best server".

You can also get to that same preferences panel by going System -> Administration -> Software Sources

At least, that's my guess.

I've done that, choose main server in the "Downoad From" field, and still , there's this error message:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/partner/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

What's in /etc/resolv.conf file?

On your terminal:

cat /etc/resolv.conf

You can try editing it and changing the values inside the file with:

gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

Remove all entries (nameserver) and replace it with the following line of texts below:

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

Save the file and retry updating:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

HTH

my resolv.conf contains 192.168.0.1 as nameserver and I changed it to the one you said above (208.----222 and 208.----220), and I have these error messages. Thank you for your patience.

service@service-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for service:
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-backports Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-backports/main Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-backports/restricted Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-backports/multiverse Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-backports/universe Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'
Err http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Translation-en_PH
  Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/partner/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_PH.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
service@service-desktop:~$

Maybe you use internet behind proxy server ?

I know this is not answer but it look like it becomes common thing not to be able to download language packages.

ok lets do this the hacky way:

gksudo gedit /etc/hosts

ad this line at the bottom of the file:

91.189.88.40 archive.ubuntu.com

Save the new file, close gedit then run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

Should be ok.

Hi :)

Errr, this might be an obvious question but are you running Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)? If not, if you have upgraded from Karmic or something then that explains what is going wrong ... but not how it got set-up wrong. This does happen sometimes when upgrading.

Please could you copy&paste into here the contents of your "sources.list"? Do we still have that in 10.04? I couldn't find mine! I thought it was in /etc ?

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Hi :)

This might not solve the immediate problem but Medibuntu has been fixed now. You might like to quickly work through the Medibuntu worksheet to get the multimedia issues sorted the way it should be
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

As of right now, Medibuntu is again working fine.

Lawrence

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> Hi :)
>
> This might not solve the immediate problem but Medibuntu has been fixed
> now. You might like to quickly work through the Medibuntu worksheet to get
> the multimedia issues sorted the way it should be
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
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well.. i also have the same output error as annie.. but i am using linux.. can somebody help me?? tnx...

christian, ubuntu is a distro of linux....

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a

Thanks

here is the output:

no lsb modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

Hi :)

The
world has many countries,
linux has many distros
fruit has many varieties

Regards from
Tom :)

PS Christian you are using Ubuntu :))

If you click:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/restricted/i18n/

You will find the repo is not working, change to a different one using software sources in the administration menu. May help

but i have no interface.. it was just like a command prompt.. wah!!!!

you can use lynx. anyway if you run:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

change all the instances of:

http://archive.ubuntu.com

to

http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com

then press CTRL+X
press Y
press ENTER

then run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

Thanks

Hi :)

Are you using the Server Edition?

The Server Edition runs only from a command-line and there area few web-browsers based on the command-line. You could also add a gnome or other Desktop Environment or better still if the machine is not a server to several other machines then you might be able to upgrade to the Desktop Edition of Ubuntu 10.04 which you could try out now as a LiveCd before it's officially released just to test it
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
Perhaps even install it as a dual-boot?

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

thanks.. but even though i used gb.archive.ubuntu.com, it still output the same error..

yeah, me, too.

so, your problem is not yet solved?

yes, in as far as updating is concerned. I am thinking of installing other version if this could help?

Well, lucid is officially released soon, could be worth a look

Hi :)

I would recommend trying the new release as a LiveCd before trying to upgrade to it
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Then perhaps install it as a dual-boot just to check things work ok
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
I know this is for dual-booting with Windows but it's very much the same to set-up a dual/multi-boot with another version of Ubuntu.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)