updates

[LP]

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Now, copy and paste the following contents into the terminal:

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Alpha amd64
(20151225)]/ xenial main multiverse restricted universe

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse

Press CTRL + o and then press ENTER to save the file. Press CTRL + x to
exit nano.

When that is done, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update

And to *apply* any updates, run one of the following commands:
sudo apt-get upgrade



On 18 June 2016 at 10:45, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Woops! I meant Stephen in that last post.
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Stephen M. Webb <
> stephen.webb at canonical.com> wrote:
>
>> On 16-06-18 08:27 AM, Raymond House wrote:
>> > Hello, I'm running ubuntu 16.04 and I cant get my updates.It says:
>> failed to download files check internet
>> > connection.Internet connection is fine,what is going on? has anyone got
>> info on this? Thanks.
>>
>> There are probably some other errors that get reported before the final
>> failure message, and those are important.
>>
>> Main reasons I've seen for that message is that either your internet
>> connection is *not* fine (in which case trying
>> again later usually fixes things) or else your APT sources got messed up
>> somehow and point to an invalid archive.
>>
>> Most of the time I see that message because my DNS servers stopped
>> working correctly, and that's usually because my
>> internet service provider is having trouble again.
>>
>> --
>> Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb at canonical.com>
>>
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