Okay, I have Ubuntu version 11.10 and I wish to upgrade to 12.04. Whenever I open the Update Manager and click "Check," it has taken literally over an hour to download the cache. I cannot update without checking the cache; attempts in the console (as suggested here) have failed. What do I do in order to update without waiting over three hours to download the entire cache? Or how do I get it to download quicker? EDIT: Saw this page, it provided no help. Just false hope. Oh, and no, my internet works just fine; normally I have a 600kb/s download rate. No dial-up here.
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Try changing your server. to do that go-to ubuntu software center and edit-software sources, then in the ubuntu software tab, select "download from" to another server or "Other", then it will automatically select the best server for your location– Prasad RDJul 16, 2012 at 3:42
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I tried that, and it gave me hope! But then it shot me down. D: Thank you though.– tacozmeisterJul 16, 2012 at 3:43
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What just happened? still slow? may be you have thousands (or millions) of repositories installed, isn't it?– Prasad RDJul 16, 2012 at 3:50
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I literally just installed this Ubuntu today, about 7 hours ago. :P I have absolutely nothing on here but the operating system and stock software. I unchecked everything except "Canonocial Supported" in Software Sources, which I assume would be the OS update. And yes, still slow.– tacozmeisterJul 16, 2012 at 3:54
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Please see askubuntu.com/questions/135818/… to see if this is the problem you are experiencing.– John S GruberJul 16, 2012 at 4:29
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I tried again later and it worked. So it solved itself. I think it was probably just my internet having a hiccup, but only to this computer. Which is weird.