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I have a broken Unity desktop and am trying to install compizconfig-settings-manager to sort things out. Unfortunately, apt-get install fails, giving me "Temporary failure: ca.archive.ubuntu.com" messages.

  • nslookup ca.archive.ubuntu.com times out.
  • My laptop is connected to the router via eno1; the default DNS server for that connection is my router at 192.168.1.1.
  • nslookup ca.archive.ubuntu.com 192.168.1.1 returns the expected result.

How can I fix DNS lookup on this machine? Thanks.

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There are two ways:

  1. Quick simple hack is to add the entry into /etc/hosts like so

    91.189.88.149    ca.archive.ubuntu.com
    

    But that should only be a temporary solution.

  2. Fix your resolv.conf file: Why does my resolv.conf file get regenerated every time? and How do I get resolvconf to regenerate resolv.conf after I change /etc/network/interfaces?

    When fixing your resolv.conf file, make sure that your router (local DNS server) is specified as the first one, then add a backup like google (8.8.8.8) or openDNS or comcast or your other favorite DNS provider.

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