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Could not resolve 'localhost'

Asked by Ivan

When I run Synaptic Package Manager I get a error Could not resolve 'localhost'

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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#1

Please post the outputs of:-
cat /etc/hosts

and

cat /etc/hostname

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Ivan (wired1141) said : 		#2

Output of cat /etc/hosts is # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
Output of cat /etc/hostname is me-desktop

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Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#3

The file "/etc/hosts" should have the following entry:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Please open a terminal, and execute

sudo nano /etc/hosts

and include the line above at the beginning of the file. Save it, and your problem should be solved.

Hope this helps.

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Ivan (wired1141) said : 		#4

Thanks Ralph Janke, that solved my question.