"Unable to connect" error with apt-get: possible proxy?
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Solution 1
The key is this part:
Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80
- That IP address does not correspond to us.archive.ubuntu.com
- In fact, it belongs to the hosting company DreamHost!
- So this is most likely a proxy, or a manual IP mapping via
/etc/hoststhat was set but is no longer working. Please pastebin the output ofapt-config dumpand we can try to help you out.
Solution 2
In my case, it seemed that a global proxy setting was somehow still active for apt, while not for the rest of the system. Re-applying not using a proxy via the Network Settings fixed the problem for me.
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psilo
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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psilo over 1 year
I've been having an issue with 'sudo apt-get update' for several days now. I've tried every proposed solution I could find but to no avail. Here is the output to 'apt-get update'.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/restricted/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/main/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/restricted/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/source/Sources Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/restricted/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to 69.163.233.85:80: E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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atenz over 11 yearsTry Changing your mirror via Software sources, check your Internet Connection also. -
psilo over 11 yearsI've tried many mirrors, the result is always the same. I don't have any connection issues, I am directly connected to my building's internet service and there does not appear to be a proxy.
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André Stannek over 11 yearstryping 69.163.233.85andping archive.ubuntu.comin a terminal
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