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I'm trying to install KDE 5 on my Ubuntu 16.04 system as per the instructions in this tutorial, but I'm getting the below error message when running sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop.

Is there something I can do to resolve this?

Need to get 682 kB/326 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,272 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Err:1 http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 
            gtk2-engines-oxygen amd64 1.4.6-1ubuntu1
  Temporary failure resolving 'ir.archive.ubuntu.com'
Get:2 http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 
            libkf5sendlater5 amd64 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1 [45.2 kB]
Get:3 http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 
            libthreadweaver4 amd64 4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3 [46.6 kB]
Get:4 http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 
            libfarstream-0.2-5 amd64 0.2.7-0ubuntu1 [192 kB]
Fetched 284 kB in 1min 9s (4,093 B/s)        
E: Failed to fetch http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/
            gtk2-engines-oxygen/gtk2-engines-oxygen_1.4.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb  
            Temporary failure resolving 'ir.archive.ubuntu.com'

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or 
            try with --fix-missing?
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    It says "temporary failure resolving '...'" - I'd just wait a few minutes or an hour or a day and try it again.
    – Byte Commander
    Sep 16, 2016 at 23:50
  • ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports is not even in that list. Have you tried sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop?
    – Edgy1
    Sep 16, 2016 at 23:51
  • yes, i did it again, now it just unpacking and selecting like this saysUnpacking ruby-minitest (5.8.4-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package ruby-net-telnet
    – AndroidDev
    Sep 16, 2016 at 23:57
  • and ask me to report problem to developer
    – AndroidDev
    Sep 16, 2016 at 23:58
  • and now get this error Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/kde-config-telepathy-accounts_4%3a15.12.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/kaccounts-providers_4%3a15.12.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    – AndroidDev
    Sep 16, 2016 at 23:59

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You are having temporary difficulty reaching http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com I've found that one good way to resolve this problem is by opening Software And Updates. Choose Download from Other.

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Choose Select best server

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You'll see this:

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Click Choose Server to select the recommended server

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