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I try to install make on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server

apt-get install make

But I observe error: Temporary failure resolving 'de.archive.ubuntu.com 

Failed to fetch http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/make-dfsg/make_3.81-8.1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb

Could you describe me what happened?

Tim
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It seems that linux can't resolve any ip addresses. Check your /etc/resolv.conf file if there are any nameservers. Ubuntu will replace the content of the file when it gets a new dhcp request. If you want to have a quick fix add the following lines at the top of /etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

this will add googles public dns servers to your linux. If you want to configure these nameservers permanently simply add the following line dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 to your network configuration /etc/network/interfaces. In the end the configuration might look similar to this:

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    // [....]
    dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

if the file is empty except of the lo device add the following lines:

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
     dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

(the default network device will be configured through dhcp).

Pascal
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