I can not more install ubuntu software

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

Seems you have some proxy settings active in your enviroment...

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

If it is proxy where do i change it i am not seeing it is my connections settings i am new at Linux thanks guys

One day it was working, the next just stopped, I can download ok and serf ok

if you run:

grep proxy ~/.bashrc

Does it output anything?

brittany@brittany-HP-G61-Notebook-PC:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
brittany@brittany-HP-G61-Notebook-PC:~$

nop

when i try i get a fix it and it will not fix it then i get the windows Failed to download repository information

yes in the software center i have not tried to install from a terminal i will do that now see if it works

try:

grep -R proxy /etc/*

What is output.

Thanks.

BTW, do you actually need to use the proxy?

brittany@brittany-HP-G61-Notebook-PC:~$ wget http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz
--2012-06-05 09:31:57-- http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz
Connecting to 192.168.1.76:8080... failed: No route to host.
brittany@brittany-HP-G61-Notebook-PC:~$

brittany@brittany-HP-G61-Notebook-PC:~$ grep -R proxy /etc/*
Binary file /etc/alternatives/netcat matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/net matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/emacs matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/rsh matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/rlogin matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/php matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/ftp matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/cli matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/testparm matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/nc matches
grep: /etc/alternatives/ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UTF8-V: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/Hojo-EUC-V: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UCS2-V: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UTF16-H: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UTF8-H: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UTF32-V: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UCS2-H: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/Hojo-V: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/Hojo-EUC-H: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UTF32-H: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/Adobe-Japan2-0: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/Hojo-H: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/CMap/UniHojo-UTF16-V: No such file or directory
/etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/Init/gs_img.ps:% invocations. Polarity is a proxy for Decode, and is replaced
/etc/alternatives/ghostscript-current/Resource/Init/gs_img.ps: % Polarity is a proxy for Decode; it never appears in a dictionary
Binary file /etc/alternatives/nmblookup matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/celestia matches
Binary file /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager matches
/etc/apm/suspend.d/80alsa:# apmd proxy script for ALSA
/etc/apm/scripts.d/alsa:# apmd proxy script for ALSA
/etc/apm/resume.d/20alsa:# apmd proxy script for ALSA
grep: /etc/apparmor.d/cache/usr.bin.evince: Permission denied
grep: /etc/apparmor.d/cache/lightdm-guest-session: Permission denied
grep: /etc/apparmor.d/cache/usr.lib.telepathy: Permission denied
grep: /etc/apparmor.d/cache/sbin.dhclient: Permission denied
grep: /etc/apparmor.d/cache/usr.sbin.tcpdump: Permission denied
grep: /etc/apparmor.d/cache/usr.sbin.cupsd: Permission denied
/etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.telepathy: /usr/lib/libproxy*/*/modules/ r,
/etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.telepathy: /usr/lib/libproxy*/*/modules/*.so mr,
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::http::proxy "http://192.168.1.76:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::https::proxy "https://192.168.1.76:0/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://192.168.1.76:0/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://192.168.1.76:0/";
grep: /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg: Permission denied
grep: /etc/at.deny: Permission denied
/etc/bash_completion.d/reportbug: --print --paranoid --no-paranoid --pgp --proxy --http_proxy \
/etc/bash_completion.d/reportbug: -B --bts -l --ldap --no-ldap --proxy --http_proxy \
/etc/bash_completion.d/rpm: --ftpproxy --ftpport --justdb --httpproxy --httpport \
/etc/bash_completion.d/rpm: COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$opts --ftpport --ftpproxy \
/etc/bash_completion.d/rpm: --httpport --httpproxy --nomanifest" -- "$cur" ) )
/etc/bash_completion.d/ant: -find -s -nice -nouserlib -noclasspath -autoproxy -main' \
/etc/bash_completion.d/links: -memory-cache-size -http-proxy -ftp-proxy -download-dir \
grep: /etc/blkid.tab: No such file or directory
/etc/bluetooth/serial.conf:# There could be multiple proxy sections, the format is [Proxy <user chosen name>]
/etc/bluetooth/serial.conf:# UUID for DUN proxy service
grep: /etc/chatscripts: Permission denied
/etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest: export http_proxy="$HTTP_PROXY";
grep: /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf.O: Permission denied
grep: /etc/cups/ssl: Permission denied
grep: /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf: Permission denied
grep: /etc/default/cacerts: Permission denied
/etc/dictionaries-common/words:proxy
/etc/dictionaries-common/words:proxy's
/etc/environment:http_proxy="http://192.168.1.76:8080/"
/etc/environment:https_proxy="https://192.168.1.76:0/"
/etc/environment:ftp_proxy="ftp://192.168.1.76:0/"
/etc/environment:socks_proxy="socks://192.168.1.76:0/"
grep: /etc/fuse.conf: Permission denied
/etc/group:proxy:x:13:
grep: /etc/group-: Permission denied
grep: /etc/gshadow: Permission denied
grep: /etc/gshadow-: Permission denied
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# For now, only the various proxy settings can be configured here.
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# specific proxy settings
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# (like http.proxyHost) do take precedence over the system settings
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# HTTP Proxy settings. proxyHost is the name of the proxy server
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# (e.g. proxy.mydomain.com), proxyPort is the port number to use (default
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# should be accessed directly, ignoring the proxy server (default value is
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# http.proxyHost=
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# http.proxyPort=80
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# HTTPS Proxy Settings. proxyHost is the name of the proxy server
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# (e.g. proxy.mydomain.com), proxyPort is the port number to use (default
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# https.proxyHost=
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# https.proxyPort=443
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# FTP Proxy settings. proxyHost is the name of the proxy server
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# (e.g. proxy.mydomain.com), proxyPort is the port number to use (default
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# should be accessed directly, ignoring the proxy server (default value is
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# ftp.proxyHost=
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# ftp.proxyPort=80
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# Gopher Proxy settings. proxyHost is the name of the proxy server
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# (e.g. proxy.mydomain.com), proxyPort is the port number to use (default
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# gopher.proxyHost=
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# gopher.proxyPort=80
/etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties:# Socks proxy settings. socksProxyHost is the name of the proxy server
Binary file /etc/ld.so.cache matches
/etc/lftp.conf:## Environment variables ftp_proxy, http_proxy and no_proxy are used to
/etc/lftp.conf:## ftp:proxy must communicate with client over ftp protocol, squid won't do.
/etc/lftp.conf:# set ftp:proxy ftp://[user:pass@]your_ftp_proxy:port
/etc/lftp.conf:# set ftp:proxy http://your.squid.address:port
/etc/lftp.conf:## no proxy for host
/etc/lftp.conf:# set ftp:proxy/local_host ""
/etc/lftp.conf:# set ftp:proxy/*.domain.com ...
/etc/lftp.conf:## http:proxy must communicate with client over http protocol, e.g. squid.
/etc/lftp.conf:# set http:proxy your_http_proxy[:port]
/etc/lftp.conf:## hftp:proxy must also be an http proxy. It is used for FTP over HTTP access.
/etc/lftp.conf:# set hftp:proxy your_http_proxy[:port]
/etc/lftp.conf:## net:no-proxy disables proxy usage for list of domains.
/etc/lftp.conf:# set net:no-proxy .domain.com,.otherdom.net
/etc/lftp.conf:# set ftp:proxy http://your.http.proxy:port
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.workstation/ppp:^\w{3} [ :[:digit:]]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ pppd\[[[:digit:]]{1,5}\]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP$
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/imapproxy:^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ in.imapproxyd\[[0-9]+\]: LOGOUT: '"[_[:alnum:]-]+(@[-_.[:alnum:]]+)?"' from server sd \[[0-9]+\]$
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/imapproxy:^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ in.imapproxyd\[[0-9]+\]: LOGIN: '"[_[:alnum:]-]+(@[-_.[:alnum:]]+)?"' \([0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}:[0-9]+\) on (existing|new) sd \[[0-9]+\]$
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/imapproxy:^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ in.imapproxyd\[[0-9]+\]: Expiring server sd \[[0-9]+\]$
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/imapproxy:^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ in.imapproxyd\[[0-9]+\]: Raw_Proxy\(\): Failed to read line from client on socket [[:digit:]]+$
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/ppp:^\w{3} [ :[:digit:]]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ pppd\[[[:digit:]]{1,5}\]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP$
/etc/mime.types:application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig pac dat
/etc/mono/4.0/DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator.aspx:<a class="method" href='<%=PageName + "?" + GetPageContext("proxy")%>'>Client proxy</a>
/etc/mono/4.0/DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator.aspx:<%} else if (CurrentPage == "proxy") {%>
/etc/mono/4.0/DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator.aspx: Select the language for which you want to generate a proxy
/etc/mono/2.0/DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator.aspx:<a class="method" href='<%=PageName + "?" + GetPageContext("proxy")%>'>Client proxy</a>
/etc/mono/2.0/DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator.aspx:<%} else if (CurrentPage == "proxy") {%>
/etc/mono/2.0/DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator.aspx: Select the language for which you want to generate a proxy
grep: /etc/mtab.fuselock: Permission denied
grep: /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/VPN connection 2: Permission denied
grep: /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/brittan: Permission denied
grep: /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/britany850: Permission denied
grep: /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 1: Permission denied
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:# proxy on;
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:# proxy on;
/etc/nginx/proxy_params:proxy_set_header Host $host;
/etc/nginx/proxy_params:proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
/etc/nginx/proxy_params:proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
/etc/passwd:proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
grep: /etc/passwd-: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ppp/peers: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
/etc/ppp/options:#proxyarp
/etc/samba/smb.conf: dns proxy = no
grep: /etc/security/opasswd: Permission denied
/etc/services:socks 1080/tcp # socks proxy server
/etc/services:mysql-proxy 6446/tcp # MySQL Proxy
/etc/services:mysql-proxy 6446/udp
/etc/services:frox 2121/tcp # frox: caching ftp proxy
/etc/services:tproxy 8081/tcp # Transparent Proxy
/etc/services:dircproxy 57000/tcp # Detachable IRC Proxy
grep: /etc/shadow: Permission denied
grep: /etc/shadow-: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ssl/private: Permission denied
/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf:[ proxy_cert_ext ]
/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf:# These extensions should be added when creating a proxy certificate
/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf:# This really needs to be in place for it to be a proxy certificate.
/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf:proxyCertInfo=critical,language:id-ppl-anyLanguage,pathlen:3,policy:foo
grep: /etc/sudoers: Permission denied
grep: /etc/sudoers.d/README: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ufw/after.rules: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ufw/before6.rules: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ufw/before.rules: Permission denied
grep: /etc/ufw/after6.rules: Permission denied
/etc/wgetrc:#https_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
/etc/wgetrc:#http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
/etc/wgetrc:#ftp_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
/etc/wgetrc:# If you do not want to use proxy at all, set this to off.
/etc/wgetrc:#use_proxy = on
brittany@brittany-HP-G61-Notebook-PC:~$

You have the proxy defined all over, do you use the proxy at all??

No i do not need to have a proxy. I am just wanting to do a remote connection to my server that is running 2003 and needed to install a few thing this is how i found out it is not working

how to get ride of proxy i do have a VPN that i use from time to time

will this work $ gconftool-2 -t bool -s /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy false

You need to edit

/etc/environment
/etc/wgetrc
/etc/apt/apt.conf

Comment out the proxy lines and reboot

Apt will still use apt.conf and expect a proxy, you need to edit the files