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kalibeginner247
2015-10-31, 12:07
Hi - I've installed Kali Linux 1.1.0 b4bit inside VMware Workstation 12 (I need to run the older version of Kali, for boring reasons)

When trying to install some software I got the following error:
E: Unable to locate package ntpdate

I tried apt-get update, but I got a series of 404 errors...

Any hints?

pyth0n
2015-10-31, 20:09
404 is address not found, but can also mean youre offline.
I'd check your connection

ping -c4 google.com

If apt-get update has failed to renew your sources list then it could also mean that
the mirror is down, the sources.list should be as follows:

http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kali-linux-sources-list-repositories

As youre running on vmware its possible your host system is blocking access
via a firewall so check all those out first.

kalibeginner247
2015-11-03, 10:50
thanks, yes it was a repositories issue!