apt-get failing

[Colin Law]

On 3 March 2013 16:03, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
> For the past two days, I've been ssh-ing onto my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server
> and attempting to update the package list, but have been receiving the
> following -
>
> root at Theosophidae:# apt-get update
> Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
> Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
>   Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'

That may mean that you have a DNS problem.
What happens if you do

ping security.ubuntu.com

If that fails what about

ping www.google.com

If that also fails then it is definitely a DNS problem.

Colin