[Linux-aus] Ubuntu updates
Kanchana Wickremasinghe
kanchana at fossmart.net
Thu Mar 13 02:03:22 UTC 2008
Thanks for the tips.
Strangely I found out that the best sever to connect and get the updates
is the one in France. Don't ask me why. My ISP is Telstra and I am on a
ADSL connection.
Anyway it seems like for now the issue is resolved by connecting to a
server in the France.
> Kanchana Wickremasinghe wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am unable to get updates for community maintain open source packages
>> for Ubuntu Gusty (7.10). I was wondering whether any of you all have
>> similar issues?
>>
>>
> No.
>
>
>> I have tried changing the servers and it seems none of them work.
>> Downloads goes as far as 75% and then it does not want to move any further.
>>
>> Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> BTW: Tried a complete re-installation of Ubuntu no luck. This is going
>> on my DELL Desktop Inspiron 530
>>
> Try changing the servers for community supported packages in your
> /etc/apt/sources.list file to the following:
>
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy universe multiverse
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-updates universe multiverse
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe multiverse
>
> You might also want to try downloading the packages with a connection of
> a different ISP.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wei-Yee Chan
> http://chanweiyee.blogspot.com
>
>
>
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Kanchana Wickremasinghe
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