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I am trying to run sudo apt-get install ubuntu-standard systemd-sysv but I keep getting the error: "temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'". I tried following the steps listed here but nothing has worked. Is there a way fix this or at least to download these packages without access to the gui? I tried to revert to upstart but that caused boot errors, so now I'm just trying to return to systemd from recovery mode so I can boot up and live my life.

I apologize for any formatting issues, I'm typing this from my phone

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Matt G
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Were you in recovery mode after booting from the CD? In this situation you need to try to add a nameserver like Google's 8.8.8.8 to /etc/resolv.conf. However, it is slightly more difficult in Ubuntu to do this as it uses the resolvconf system. You can get around that temporarily by:

rm /etc/resolv.conf
touch /etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf

before exiting rescue mode, reverse this change

rm /etc/resolv.conf
ln -s /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
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"temporary failure resolving" usually is caused by network connectivity issues. Here for me http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ is reachable. Is you Ubuntu computer having no Internet access right now ? If you want just that package, see here :

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=systemd-sysv

For example, if you want to download the amd64 version for Xenial, see here :

http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/systemd-sysv/download

Similar for http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ubuntu-standard

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