wget: unable to resolve host address

Question

I'am getting an error with the following command:

> wget sources.buildroot.net
--2017-01-04 09:22:20--  http://sources.buildroot.net/
Resolving sources.buildroot.net (sources.buildroot.net)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘sources.buildroot.net’

What i have done

• ping sources.buildroot.net gives ping: unknown host sources.buildroot.net even ping google.com gives ping: unknown host google.com
  NOTE : The links can be opened using the browser.

• I changed HTTPS_PROXY and HTTP_PROXYenvironement variables to be equal to the value set on browser, the problem persist.

• I edited /etc/resolv.conf as pointed here but the problem persist

Could you please help me resolv the problem.

Answer 1

Your environment variables need to be lower case. Use http_proxy and https_proxy instead of HTTP_PROXY.

man wget has all the details.

Wget supports proxies for both HTTP and FTP retrievals. The standard way to specify proxy location, which Wget recognizes, is using the following environment variables:

http_proxy

https_proxy

If set, the http_proxy and https_proxy variables should contain the URLs of the proxies for HTTP and HTTPS connections respectively.