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Everything was fine before executing this command sudo apt-get autoremove openjdk-7-jre. After this openjdk-7-jre got removed.Then when i try sudo apt-get update i get the following errors:

0% [Working]

Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg

  Something wicked happened resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


0% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com]
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Err http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg

  Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


0% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



0% [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net]

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release


4% [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources/DiffIndex



8% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release



6% [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release


7% [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net]

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources/DiffIndex



9% [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net]

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex



10% [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net]

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex



11% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Conn

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources/DiffIndex


12% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Conn

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources/DiffIndex


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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex


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Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources/DiffIndex



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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex



16% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Conn

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex


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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex


18% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Conn

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex


18% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Conn

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex


19% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Conn

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex


20% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com] [Conn

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex


20% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex


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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex


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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex


21% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


20% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


20% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


19% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release


17% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release


15% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


15% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release


13% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Err http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


13% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com] [

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources/DiffIndex



Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources/DiffIndex



Err http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



14% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources/DiffIndex


Err http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


Err http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


15% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex


15% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex


15% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources/DiffIndex



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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex


19% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex


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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex


21% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex


21% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex


22% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex


22% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex


22% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex


22% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex


22% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


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Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


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Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


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Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


22% [Working]

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

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Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en_IN

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


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Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en

  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en_IN  Something wicked happened resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)



W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/restricted/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/restricted/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en_IN  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_IN  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_IN  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/source/Sources  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.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.

how to solve this?

1 Answer 1

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Try to edit DNS servers from inside NetwrokManager.

First run in a terminal

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf 

Then open the NetworkManager and edit your current connection, changing the DNS settings. Go to ipv4 settings select Automatic (DHCP) addresses only as method and write manually the DNS servers you want. Here we are using Google OpenDNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4 , you can add mutiple addresses by separating them with a comma.

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Then run

sudo service network-manager restart 
sudo apt-get update 
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