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The standard /etc/apt/sources.list file points to us.archive.ubuntu.com, which in my experience is pretty slow. This command will replace the contents of sources.list, and will tell apt-get to select a better mirror
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cat >/etc/apt/sources.list << EOL
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
EOL
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