Unable to use apt-get? Error when connecting...

[noneforit]

Hello

I am fairly new to Linux but I seem to be unable to download any software, even though I do have a connection to the internet.

I am running this as root user:

apt-get update

0% [connecting to archive.offensive-security.com (94.23.3.208)]

Then it hangs for about 30 seconds and finally I get:

Could not connect to archive.offensive-security.com:80 (94.23.3.208), connection timed out

I AM using Backtrack 4 and I want to upgrade to 5 but without apt-get I can't do this..

I am able to access/ping websites and I am a home user not using a proxy or similar.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[g0tmi1k]

I think you might be best of doing a clean install of backtrack 5 now.

[Cains]

I thing the Repository for BT 4 is outdated and not active, to update i suggest you do as g0tmi1k says, brand spanking new install of BT5.

[noneforit]

Thanks for the replies, after much googling I found that the repo was in fact out of date and I had to edit the sources.list file in /etc/apt and update it.

I just googled to find a list of new repos.

It is now downloading packages

I will install BT5 at some point as well!

[jakvan]

Thanks for the replies, after much googling I found that the repo was in fact out of date and I had to edit the sources.list file in /etc/apt and update it.

I just googled to find a list of new repos.

It is now downloading packages

I will install BT5 at some point as well!

noneforit - Could you post the new repos? I'm in the same boat!