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November 26, 2014

Linode Linux Package Mirrors

One way to speed up the Linux package updates is to use a package mirror made available by Linode. They are hosted in all six of their data centers. Just pick a data center where your data is Linode server is located by doing the following.

Edit your sources list

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Search and replace

# Replace this address 
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 
 
# with the new address 
http://fremont.mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu/
 
# you can also use this - returns round robin of all locations
http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu/

# Replace this address http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ # with the new address http://fremont.mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu/ # you can also use this - returns round robin of all locations http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu/

The next time you run a Linux update, it will be significantly faster.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

Filed Under: Linux Tagged With: linode, packages, sources, updates

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