curl: (6) Could not resolve host: google.com; Name or service not known

Issues were:

  1. IPV6 enabled
  2. Wrong DNS server

Here is how I fixed it:

IPV6 Disabling

  • Open Terminal
  • Type su and enter to log in as the super user
  • Enter the root password
  • Type cd /etc/modprobe.d/ to change directory to /etc/modprobe.d/
  • Type vi disableipv6.conf to create a new file there
  • Press Esc + i to insert data to file
  • Type install ipv6 /bin/true on the file to avoid loading IPV6 related modules
  • Type Esc + : and then wq for save and exit
  • Type reboot to restart fedora
  • After reboot open terminal and type lsmod | grep ipv6
  • If no result, it means you properly disabled IPV6

Add Google DNS server

  • Open Terminal
  • Type su and enter to log in as the super user
  • Enter the root password
  • Type cat /etc/resolv.conf to check what DNS server your Fedora using. Mostly this will be your Modem IP address.
  • Now we have to Find a powerful DNS server. Luckily there is a open DNS server maintain by Google.
  • Go to this page and find out what are the “Google Public DNS IP addresses”
  • Today those are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. But in future those may change.
  • Type vi /etc/resolv.conf to edit the resolv.conf file
  • Press Esc + i for insert data to file
  • Comment all the things in the file by inserting # at the begin of the each line. Do not delete anything because can be useful in future.
  • Type below two lines in the filenameserver 8.8.8.8
    nameserver 8.8.4.4-Type Esc + : and then wq for save and exit
  • Now you are done and everything works fine (Not necessary to restart).
  • But every time when you restart the computer your /etc/resolv.conf will be replaced by default. So I’ll let you find a way to avoid that.

Here is my blog post about this: http://codeketchup.blogspot.sg/2014/07/how-to-fix-curl-6-could-not-resolve.html

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