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  1. 05-13-2010 #1
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    unable to install anything from terminal

    Hi i have been trying to install a couple of things using terminal and no matter what i try it tells me package could not be found. I hav talked to others who are running same version as i am (ubuntu 9.10) and they work fine,

    I am using the code
    sudo apt-get install

    and nothing works any ideas why??????
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    Hello and welcome!

    Be sure you have your sources.list file setup properly before trying to install packages, and be sure to run the update command before trying to install anything.

    You can check this apt-get howto for some info on using apt:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/apt-get.html

    ...it was written for 8.04 but still applies.
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    I tried running the update command and it starts and says connecting stays on 0% and then it will shoot a list saying everything failed. Nothing will work
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    You probably need to try some different mirrors if your current mirrors aren't working properly.
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