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user69453
Asked: 2014-06-28 13:01:32 +0800 CST

Choosing a source for update

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How can I choose the address http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ for ubuntu update and package download?

update-manager

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If you want to regenerate your sources.list you could use http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/

    Select your country, your Ubuntu version and choose the repositories you want.

    Run in a terminal:

    sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

    Delete all contents and then paste (Ctrl+A, Delete and Ctrl+V) the output from the above mentioned site. Save and update:

    sudo apt-get update

    If something is wrong:

    sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.bak /etc/apt/sources.list
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  2. Open a Terminal. First make a backup:

    sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak

    You can open /etc/apt/sources.list in a text editor with root privileges:

    gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

    Then go to Edit - Replace and replace the current country ID with ir. For example if you have us.archive.ubuntu.com you would write in the Search box us.archive and in the Replace with ir.archive (not only us/ir because it may replace in-word occurences).

    Save the file and run:

    sudo apt-get update

    If you get errors, revert to original file:

    sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.bak /etc/apt/sources.list
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