sudo apt-get update failed me repeatedly

Question

I keep getting this output when I run sudo apt-get update:

Err:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/certbot/certbot/ubuntu xenial InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net'
Err:3 http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'et.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err:4 http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'et.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err:5 http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'et.archive.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/InRelease  Temporary failure resolving 'et.archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-updates/InRelease  Temporary failure resolving 'et.archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-backports/InRelease  Temporary failure resolving 'et.archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-security/InRelease  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/certbot/certbot/ubuntu/dists/xenial/InRelease  Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net'
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

How this problem can be fixed?

Related: [apt-get update fails to fetch files, “Temporary failure resolving …” error](https://askubuntu.com/questions/91543/apt-get-update-fails-to-fetch-files-temporary-failure-resolving-error) — steeldriver, Aug 10 '18 at 13:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '18 at 13:59

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Try edit your sources.list
and change with

deb http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main inRelease
deb http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main inRelease
deb http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main inRelease
deb http://et.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main inRelease

and try again

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

answered Aug 10 '18 at 13:59

abu-ahmed al-khatiri

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the source.list found in my home right not anywhere else? – No_OnE Aug 10 '18 at 14:09
where do you place source.list file, sir – abu-ahmed al-khatiri Aug 10 '18 at 14:12
it is found in here `aaitldap@AAiT-LDAP:~$ pwd /home/aaitldap` – No_OnE Aug 14 '18 at 07:12
editing the source list did not change anything HELPPPPP – No_OnE Aug 14 '18 at 07:20
what the output said sir? – abu-ahmed al-khatiri Aug 15 '18 at 09:17

sudo apt-get update failed me repeatedly

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