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AndreaNobili
Asked: 2019-11-26 14:07:46 +0800 CST

Why am I obtaining this error trying to install programs via apt-get? Temporary failure resolving 'archive.ubuntu.com'

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I am not so into Linux. On an Ubuntu VM on a client environment it seems that I can't use apt-get command.

In particular trying to perform:

sudo apt-get install ntpdate

I am obtain this message error:

Temporary failure resolving 'archive.ubuntu.com'

Here a screenshot:

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What could be the cause of the error? Can something block apt-get on this infrastructure? (firewall or something like this?)

Altro trying to perform a:

sudo apt-get update

I have the same problem

I tried also to install other application via apt-get and I am facing the same issue? In case there are other solution to manually download and install ntpdate without using apt-get?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Do sudo apt update && sudo apt install ntpdate to update the list of available installs first before trying to get ntpdate.

    If that fails, you could have a problem connecting to the archive.ubuntu.com server, which normally resolves itself soon.

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