apt-get update: (101 Network is Unreachable)

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

Joseph Linkous wrote:
> It seems almost everyone's gotten this error at one point or another, 
> with the sheer number of threads about it as evidence. The issue is 
> there's many causes of and solutions to this problem. Being the noob 
> that I am, I started opening .conf files here and deleting lines 
> there, and not only have I not found the solution yet, but now I've 
> got a bunch of files which probably don't work anymore. There's 
> something to be said about making backups when you don't know what 
> you're doing, that's for sure.
>
> Since this is my first time setting up a Linux server and I'm not 
> really making use of it at the moment, I want to run BOINC. However, 
> my screen is being flooded by errors like this:
>
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
>   Cannot initiate the connection to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 
> <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com:80> (91.189.88.45). - connect (101 
> Network is unreachable) [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz  
> Cannot initiate the connection to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 
> <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com:80> (91.189.88.45). - connect (101 
> Network is unreachable) [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
>
> I was working on it all morning, but I honestly couldn't give you guys 
> a list of everything I changed to try to get this working.
>
> What are your thoughts, all? I'm pretty new at this, but I feel it 
> will be worth the effort (and fun!) to learn Ubuntu Server.
>
> <Insert 'boohoo I'm going back to Windoze' here>
(Could it be that you do not have an active internet connection?)

I understand that you are trying to set up an Ubuntu Server, thus no 
graphic interface. I understand also that you are quite an experienced 
Linux/vim user, brave enough to survive in the terminal world without 
Gnome or the like to ease your life.

In case I understood wrong, I think it would be better to begin with the 
desktop version and then strip it out of the GDM. It's not the same 
thing but it is a lot easier.

L.

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