cant update or upgrade

[doctor bob]

i want to install proxychains on my ubuntu virtual machine but it wont install, i have also tried to update and uppgrade with no success not to mention trawling through google for hours on end for answers, please help, this is so frustrating

[cortman]

Please post the output of

sudo apt-get update

and

cat /etc/apt/apt.conf

So we can see what exactly the problem is.

[doctor bob]

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'gb.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

and

bash: cat etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file directory

[snowpine]

it should be '/i8n/' not '/i9n/'.

You can fix in your software sources:

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

[doctor bob]

it should be '/i8n/' not '/i9n/'.

You can fix in your software sources:

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

ok can you explain a little more i am totally new to this

[snowpine]

Press Alt+F2 and paste the following command:

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Press Ctrl+H to find & replace. Change:

i9n

to

i8n

so instead of:

http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i19n/Translation-en

it says:

http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en

Save the file and quit Gedit. Try your update again:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[doctor bob]

it should be '/i8n/' not '/i9n/'.

You can fix in your software sources:

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

/i9n/ was a type error it is /i8n/

[doctor bob]

/i9n/ was a type error it is /i8n/

sorry

[doctor bob]

bash: cat etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file directory[/QUOTE]

or should i say

cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file directory

[snowpine]

We can't help unless you show us the errors:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install proxychains