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need help about installed packages

Asked by Erik Jennings

I like Ubuntu and now I've Ubuntu 8.10 installed on my pc-desktop.
My simple question is:
Can I use my on line update (use sudo apt-get ... to update another computer (without internet connection) again.
Sorry for my foolish question cause I'm new in Ubuntu...

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Best Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

Do you have a working internet connection? If so, it's possible the servers are just unreachable. Try again in a little bit. It doesn't look like you are doing anything wrong. It just sounds like for one reason or another you can't connect to the servers.

In a terminal type

sudo apt-get update

and see if it has any trouble. This doesn't do anything but refresh your package list.

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Cross (strokemeister) said : 		#2

I'm with Jim, this sounds like a net problem, just try again a little bit later, if this is happening another time try restarting your modem/router try sudo aptitude update

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Erik Jennings (ehjennin) said : 		#3

Cool, thanks for the help guys

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Erik Jennings (ehjennin) said : 		#4

Thanks Jim Hutchinson, that solved my question.