Help needed in application Installation

[sushant_ceb]

Hi, i am a newbie of Ubuntu, and using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I have installed this Ubuntu in virtual-box running in windows xp.

my INTERNET connection is working fine but i m using proxy for that.

my problem is that when i want to install something through sudo apt-get install xxxx(whatever)
it gives error "Couldn't find package".

Example:
#sudo apt-get install wine

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package wine

[lukeiamyourfather]

Are you able to access the internet from the guest?


ping www.ubuntuforums.org

Are you able to update the package lists?


sudo apt-get update

[sushant_ceb]

No I am not able to update the package lists and PING is also not working

But My Internet connection working , I am able to browse Internet.

sudo apt-get update also show error

root@sushant-desktop:/home/sushant# apt-get install update
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package update

What's going wrong i can't understand ??????????????????

[daksai3]

maybe the proxy is interfering. disable proxy and try again. srry i havent even touched ubuntu yet, but yea, sometimes the biggest problems have the simplest solutions.

[sushant_ceb]

If i will disable the proxy then how could i connect to internet.

I am running linux in virtualbox.

[daksai3]

u need a proxy to access the internet?

[sushant_ceb]

In browser setting i have to add proxy then only i can access Internet.

[daksai3]

either way, first thing you have to do is try to isolate the problem. from what u are describing, im assuming that u will still be able to access the internet, just that someone else will also be able to use it at the same time. but just try it for a few mins and then apply the proxy again, just to see if that may be the problem. if it is try experimenting with diff proxies.

srry, im a bigger noob than u, but whatever.

[sushant_ceb]

I removed proxy, my internet is working now but problem still remain same..

now what to do???

[daksai3]

i dont know sh** but try http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=179

seems as if someone had similar problems.