Trying to install in a Virtualbox, got this error and the installer stopped.
Likely either a network issue or a problem with the ISO.
Oddly the install seemed to succeed. I could boot the VM into 19.10 after removing the virtual install image.
So then, yeah, probably a temporary network issue.
This is a little bug (occurs only when there is a socket timeout).
Please check, that the file /etc/apt/sources.list is created correctly.
The output of grep -P '[A-Z]{3,}' /etc/apt/sources.list should be:
## Software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu team.
## Also, please note that software in Universe WILL NOT receive any review or
## Software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu team,
## to use the software. Also, please note that software in Multiverse WILL NOT
## that software in Backports WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the
If you see highlighted words like CODENAME, DISTRIBUTION, URL or DATE, the installation was not successful.
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