sudo apt-get update does not work for 12.10

Posted by Brian Hawi on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Brian Hawi
Published on 2012-11-16T10:47:02Z Indexed on 2012/11/16 11:14 UTC
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hey i recently installed ubuntu 12.10 but the software center does not work i tried the sudo apt-get update because that worked when i was using ubuntu 11.04....

these are the errors

hawi@hawi-HP-G62-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for hawi: Err http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease

Err http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease

Err http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports InRelease

Err http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
Unable to connect to ke.archive.ubuntu.com:http: Err http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg
Unable to connect to ke.archive.ubuntu.com:http: Err http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release.gpg
Unable to connect to ke.archive.ubuntu.com:http: Err http:security.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease

Err http:security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
Unable to connect to security.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.190 80] Err http:extras.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease

Err http:extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
Unable to connect to extras.ubuntu.com:http: Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http:security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http:extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg Unable to connect to ke.archive.ubuntu.com:http:

W: Failed to fetch http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/Release.gpg Unable to connect to ke.archive.ubuntu.com:http:

W: Failed to fetch http:ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to ke.archive.ubuntu.com:http:

W: Failed to fetch http:security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/Release.gpg Unable to connect to security.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]

W: Failed to fetch http:extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg Unable to connect to extras.ubuntu.com:http:

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

(note i have removed the // after http because the site does not allow me to post more than two links)

what could be the issue?

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