Can't install any software or update packages (solved)
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 6:11 pm
I just installed the latest LMDE spin 64 bit, but if I try to install software from the Software Manager or via Terminal nothing happens. When trying to check the system for updates I get a long error message. Here's a shortened version of it:
Apparently GEdit isn't installed so I tried to do that via the Terminal, but got the following error:
Please help me with figuring out what the issue is. I tried changing from the Main Server to another but that didn't fix the issue. I'm not sure what to do here to get it working. I've tried reinstalling LMDE but that didn't fix the problem.
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Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/debian/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dists/testing/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'debian.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security/dists/testing/updates/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'debian.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/dists/testing/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'debian.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/debian/main/binary-amd64/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/debian/upstream/binary-amd64/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
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msm@ion ~ $ sudo apt-get install gedit
[sudo] password for msm:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gedit-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gedit gedit-common
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,794 kB of archives.
After this operation, 13.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
gedit-common gedit
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main gedit-common all 3.2.6-1
Something wicked happened resolving 'debian.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main gedit amd64 3.2.6-1
Something wicked happened resolving 'debian.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool/main/g/gedit/gedit-common_3.2.6-1_all.deb Something wicked happened resolving 'debian.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool/main/g/gedit/gedit_3.2.6-1_amd64.deb Something wicked happened resolving 'debian.linuxmint.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?