I recently installed Ubuntu Precise on a 2009 Mac Book Pro.
I followed the instructions from here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation
It took quite a bit of work to get it there, including having to follow these instructions: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1810275&page=19&p=11215214#post11215214
I have 20GB partition with Yosemite, and the rest of the drive is an EXT4 partition for Ubuntu. If you need output from fdisk -lu at some point, I can post that as well.
Everything works- Ubuntu boots from from the rEFInd menu, and I can browse and do most things. Wifi works, touchpad works- all is well. But when I try to install updates, it seems to stay forever in a state of "Downloading" - making no progress. I cancelled the GUI, opened up terminal and tried something simple like:
sudo apt-get install git
This similarly was able to fetch the package, ask me whether I wanted to download it, I say yes- and then it hangs on the Downloading ... 0% forever. I was having this issue both with ethernet and with wifi. It is worth noting I am able to open the browser and hit the exact URLs apt-get is hitting without issue.
What is the problem, where should I start to look?
UPDATE: Adding output from
sudo apt-get update
It completed without issue:
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [54.3 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [131 kB]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [3,759 B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [43.8 kB]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [2,199 B]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [531 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages [8,943 B]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages [123 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [2,697 B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [574 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [8,939 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [131 kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,864 B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [208 B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [199 B]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [202 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex [205 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [196 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [490 kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [7,981 B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [122 kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [9,714 B]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [917 kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [13.6 kB]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages [268 kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [16.5 kB]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [969 kB]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [13.6 kB]
Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [277 kB]
Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [16.7 kB]
Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [10.6 kB]
Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [7,613 B]
Get:35 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [7,297 B]
Get:36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [8,333 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 4,971 kB in 4min 2s (20.5 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Thanks for reading,
Brandon