apt-get update fails due to "Unable to connect to localhost:8250" error

Question

Im trying to run sudo apt-get update. I know the server is up and my internet is working. any clues?

sudo apt-get update

Err http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease  
Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8250:
Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8250:

Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease  
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg   
  Unable to connect to localhost:8250:
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Can you take a look at this and see if it helps? If yes, it's a duplicate. If not then it rules out DNS issues. — Tom Brossman, Mar 26 '12 at 20:36
I can resolve the servers so I don't think that it is a DNS issue. — null_radix, Mar 26 '12 at 20:46
Have you installed tor or another similar proxy / IP shaping software? — Bruno Pereira, Mar 26 '12 at 21:07
yes awhile ago. I start poking around and found that http_proxy was set to localhost:8250. So I unset it and restarted, but apt-get is still trying to talk to localhost:8250 — null_radix, Mar 26 '12 at 21:14
got it! i had to remove Acquire::http::proxy "http://localhost:8250/"; from /etc/apt/apt.conf — null_radix, Mar 26 '12 at 21:20
Please answer your question by hitting the 'Answer my own question' button so that others will know a solution was found. :) — Huckle, Mar 26 '12 at 22:41
Please mark your answer as Answered so that other people who come looking for an answer can know that it is actually a valid answer — Manish Sinha, Mar 27 '12 at 21:16

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '12 at 20:52

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Had to remove the line Acquire::http::proxy "localhost:8250/";; from /etc/apt/apt.conf

answered Mar 27 '12 at 20:52

null_radix

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apt-get update fails due to "Unable to connect to localhost:8250" error

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