Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1).

[Dick Davies]

On 25/05/06, DarthMandeep <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> If you've got entries in that file
> saying something like "ubuntu.com localhost:4001" then that's telling
> the system that ubuntu.com is hosted on your computer.

The hosts file does'nt support ports. It's unlikely to be that.

uahrur, have you got  a http or ftp proxy set?

Try running

  set|grep proxy

in the shell you're running apt from.

If so, 'unset' the relevant environment variables.

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