Makerbot Won t Install [closed]

When I try to install Makerbot I get this:

W: Failed to fetch

W: Failed to fetch Could not resolve 'downloads.makerbot.com'

Please help

1 Answer

For OP and for anybody else that finds this-

The problem is that you (and I) copy-pasted the instructions on MakerBot's website. The text on the website includes non-ascii characters that are visually similar to characters you recognize, and end up not showing up. Compare:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep ^deb | grep makerbot | hd
00000000 64 65 62 20 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 64 6f 77 6e 6c |deb
00000010 6f 61 64 73 2e 6d 61 6b 65 72 62 6f 74 2e 63 6f |oads.makerbot.co|
00000020 6d 2f 6d 61 6b 65 72 77 61 72 65 2f 75 62 75 6e |m/makerware/ubun|
00000030 74 75 20 74 72 75 73 74 79 20 6d 61 69 6e 0a 64 |tu trusty main.d|
00000040 65 62 20 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f ef bb bf ef bb bf |eb
00000050 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 73 2e 6d 61 6b 65 72 62 |downloads.makerb|
00000060 6f 74 2e 63 6f 6d 2f 6d 61 6b 65 72 77 61 72 65 |
00000070 2f 75 62 75 6e 74 75 20 74 72 75 73 74 79 20 6d |/ubuntu trusty m|
00000080 61 69 6e 0a |ain.|
00000084

The first 'deb' line was typed in by hand; the second resulted from copy-pasting MakerWare's apt-add-repository command line. Observe the unprintable characters between http:// and downloads (rendered on the right as periods; on the left as ef bb bf ef bb bf)

tl;dr: Don't copy-paste the command. Either type the whole apt-add-repository thing by hand, or add the following one line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb trusty main