Public bug reported: I experience this message during well working network connection (name resolution in `firefox`, `ping 8.8.8.8` and `sudo apt-get update` all working well). It should be improved because it's not useful in the current form.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: hplip (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-28.30-generic 4.8.6 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-28-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Dec 4 00:22:16 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (357 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: hplip UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-17 (47 days ago) ** Affects: hplip (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1647103 Title: improve message "error: The network appears to be unreachable. Installation may not resolve all dependencies without access to distribution repositories." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/1647103/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs