Why always have an Error when updating and upgrading in Ubuntu 21.10 [duplicate]
After I have performed one of sudo apt-get install eclipse eclipse-cdt g++
procedure I found that Ubuntu is planning to download more than 400Mb and it will take more than 2 hours. It is too long. I also found that it downloads from the US:
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libservlet3.0-java
all 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3 [294 kB]
I'm in Europe, maybe should I somehow tell Ubuntu to download from a source located closer. How should I do that?
Go to software & updates app in dash and on the first page it says Download from:
set the server here
Set your nearest server, of course, in the dropdown.
edit your /etc/apt/sources.list
to contain the url of your closest mirror.
e.g.
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe
or whichever mirror you choose. change all the occurrences of http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
to the URL of the mirror of your choice.
Go to Software & Updates → Ubuntu Software tab → Download from → Other... → Select Best Server