Apt-Get Install Libffi-Dev Can't Connect [Duplicate]

Question

I run sudo apt-get install libffi-dev and I get the following error:

Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libffi-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 291 not upgraded.
Need to get 161 kB of archives.
After this operation, 365 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Err:1  xenial/main amd64 libffi-dev amd64 3.2.1-4
  Could not connect to ftp.tecnoera.com:80 (190.113.0.250), connection timed out
E: Failed to fetch   Could not connect to ftp.tecnoera.com:80 (190.113.0.250), connection timed out

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

I think the url might be broken and that I should use another one but how?

Accepted Answer

Change the mirrors in 'Software Sources' to the default settings solved the problem. It seems that ftp.tecnoera.com was not working at all at the moment.

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Answer 2

The libffi-dev package seems to exist in a couple of repositories, so you might have to specify which one to get it from.

You can do it like this:

Open a terminal and type: apt-cache showpkg libffi-dev
In the Versions section of the output, look for a version that comes from ubuntu.com and identify the version number. It will look something like 1:20090909-1
Use the version number when performing the install as {package}={version}: sudo apt install libffi.dev=1:20090909-1

This should give you what you’re looking for.

Important: The version number here is an example. I do not have a Xenial installation to provide you accurate numbers with.

Apt-Get Install Libffi-Dev Can't Connect [Duplicate]

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