Windows 10: Ubuntu on Windows 10 1809 can't do "apt update" even connected to internet

I Have been using the Ubuntu app from the Microsoft store since Windows 10 version 1803 and installed a couple of packages (but I seldom get into the app) but now, I updated to version 1809, when I tried to do "apt update" in the app, it cannot fetch the packages even it is connected to the internet. Tried to reinstall the app, disabled and re-enabled WSL feature in the control panel, disabled antivirus, no luck.

:)

 

bash apt-get fails to connect to ubuntu same when using aptitude

When I was trying to install "git" in bash, it always had a problem connecting to ubuntu's servers. Yes I have internet, Yes I can browse using a browser. I can pull up webpages I've never been to. I can ping an ip address etc etc etc. I also went directly
to the file it was attempting to download and was able to download the deb it couldn't find. I even did an apt-get update. Still can't connect to ubuntu servers. It has to do with the bash itself. This is very upsetting because I've seen videos with other
people being able to install git and other repositories just fine. If anyone had this problem or can help me fix this that be great!

I included this also

root@localhost:/mnt/c/Users/Matthew# apt-get install git

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

The following extra packages will be installed:

git-man liberror-perl

Suggested packages:

git-daemon-run git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk

gitweb git-arch git-bzr git-cvs git-mediawiki git-svn

The following NEW packages will be installed:

git git-man liberror-perl

0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Need to get 3,306 kB of archives.

After this operation, 21.9 MB of additional disk space will be used.

WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!

git-man git

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main liberror-perl all 0.17-1.1

Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main git-man all 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3

Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main git-man all 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3

Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main git amd64 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3

Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libe/liberror-perl/liberror-perl_0.17-1.1_all.deb Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/git/git-man_1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3_all.deb Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/git/git_1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

 

Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu, installed but not running

try

Code: rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf; nvidia-xconfig[/quote] you might need to sudo it first by doing the following

at root
Code: sudo or su[/quote] before the command. if the above command doesnt work do this

Direct copy and paste. If it doesnt work lmk

Code: sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list" sudo sh -c "echo 'deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"[/quote] STEP 2
Code: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CEC06767[/quote] STEP 3
Code: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-190-modaliases nvidia-glx-190[/quote] if step 3 doesnt work try this one

Code: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-185-modaliases nvidia-glx-185[/quote] AND OF COURSE​
to upgrade to the newest version of ubuntu in terminal do this

Code: sudo apt-get update[/quote] Code: sudo apt-get upgrade[/quote] Code: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade[/quote] that will update you to 9.04 from 8.10

 

WINDOWS XP??? WAKE UP PEOPLE.

Installing common software on various distros:

Archlinux: sudo pacman -S <name of soiftware>
Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install <name of software>
Suse: sudo zypper install <name of software>

Or use one of the numerous GUIs sitting on top of the underlying package manager (complete with search! Though even the commandline version have search functionality).

Android: go to Google Play Store, Amazon Market or something else, find thing, press button, thing is installed sometime later.
iOS: open iTunes, find thing, press button, thing is installed sometime later.

Menawhile, in Windows:

• Google software
• Find non-malware link
• Find download section
• Find download
• Click correct download button
• Try n times until successful downalod (where n >= 1)
• Install software

Then you have system and software updates:

On Linuxes:

Archlinux: sudo pacman -Syu
Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get distupgarde
Suse: sudo zypper upgrade

Or use one of the numerous GUI tools, again, which will come with a nice little popup when it finds updates too.

Android: click popup in notification center (if not auto-updating), press "Update All" button, some time later everything is up to date. Also applies to firmware/OS updates.
iOS: similar to Android I assume.. I have not personally used an iOS device long enough to know it' s app/OS update UI.

On Windows:

• Run Windows Update once
• Install 20 updates
  
• Run it again, finds more updates
• Install these never seen before updates
  
• Repeat steps 3 and 4 until no more windows updates
• Update software that isn' t in Windows Update
• Repeat step 6 until all software is updated

I' m sorry, how is Windows easy again? Sure, this is a little extreme (the retry DL n times until successful, but it happens regularly enough on slow connections), but both are real, actual experiences I have semi regularly.