Ubuntu 解决 E:Unable to locate package

今天在ubuntu上利用apt-get安装新的工具包，结果突然出现错误、

$ sudo apt-get install xxx
[sudo] password for braiam: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package xxx

在网上查了很多资料。网友都提到方法：

先更新apt-get

             #sudo apt-get update

       执行完后，问题就解决了。

       继续更新：

             #sudo apt-get upgrade

但是我在我的机器上尝试之后，发现完全没有效果，报和原来一样的错误。

然后我想到我的ubuntu好像之前有段时间不能上网，而且是新装的系统，之前没有用过apt-get，在网友的启发下，可能是因为更新源出现了问题，或者更新源本来就不对。

修改更新源的方法

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

#163源 直接添加在文件后面

deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

然后再次输入 sudo apt-get update命令，出现错误，地址无法解析。

我ping www.baidu.com， 都找不到地址。说明dns服务出现问题。重新设置一下dns服务器地址就可以了

然后再次输入sudo apt-get update命令，等更新完成，就可以了。问题解决。