will not look for other boards

I keep getting this error when I try to load boards and drivers for the Adafruit Trinket. any help why?

Please do this:

  • Close all Arduino IDE windows.
  • Start the Arduino IDE.
  • Tools > Board > Boards Manager
  • After you get the error message, click the "Close" button.
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That might provide some information that we can use to help you.

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Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.Exception: Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$1(ContributionManagerUI.java:150)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json
at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:139)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.download(ContributionInstaller.java:333)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.downloadIndexAndSignature(ContributionInstaller.java:307)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.updateIndex(ContributionInstaller.java:285)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$1(ContributionManagerUI.java:146)
... 1 more
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: downloads.arduino.cc
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:184)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:666)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:175)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:463)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:558)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.(HttpsClient.java:264)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:367)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:191)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1199)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1050)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:177)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:162)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloader.downloadFile(FileDownloader.java:181)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloader.download(FileDownloader.java:132)
at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:137)
... 5 more