Ubuntu apt-get Hangs At 0%

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July 5, 2014
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I had an issue where I installed Ubuntu 14.04 in VirtualBox and apt-get kept hanging at 0%.

I noticed it was automatically attempting to use IPv6 because normally apt-get says connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com the IPv4 address (eg 0% connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com 111.111.111.111). This time the address looked like version 6.

To force apt-get to use IPv4 exclusively

  1. Create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99force-ipv4
  2. Add this line to newly created file Acquire::ForceIPv4 true;
  3. Apt-get will now use IPv4 exclusively

 

This article on StackExchange helped me find the right answer!
Convince apt-get *not* to use IPv6

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  • random linux user

    thanks!

  • Garret

    The line to add to should be “Acquire::ForceIPv4 true;” not “Acquire::ForceIPv4 false;”

    • Thank you for taking the time to comment!
      I have fixed the post.

  • I was able to fix this problem pretty quick by doing the following.

    In a terminal type: sudo vim /etc/gai.conf

    Scroll down and uncomment the line that says: precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100

    Make sure not to uncomment the wrong line, which is what I did the first time. There is a line that looks exactly the same as the correct line, but if you look close you’ll see that it ends with “10” instead of “100”.

    • vrna

      does NOT work. I repeat: it does NOT work

  • efi9091

    I got no permission in adding the line of the newly created file. any idea?

    • If you have sudo access then create the file with sudo.

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