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To setup a static IP in ubuntu, edit your networking settings file.

Here is an example of how to do it:

Open /etc/network/interfaces:

Use these configurations:



auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.10 network 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.1

DHCP Address Configuration:



auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp

Then restart the service: /etc/init.d/networking restart (Make sure you are running with admin privileges when restarting 🙂 )

Getting the following message from Package Manager in Ubuntu 11.10?

Requires installation of untrusted packages
The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources.

And when you click on the Details dropdown it shows all of the packages that need to downloaded?

Run the following commands:

cd /var/lib/apt

sudo mv lists lists.old

sudo mkdir -p lists/partial

sudo apt-get update

These commands will save a backup of the old lists and then create a new lists folder.

More information can be found here.

Jack Stromberg