How to reduce time in apt-get update?

Question

I am using Ubuntu 12.04. It seems that it take lot of time for apt-get update. I can see that it spend lot of time for checking language translations file. How to disable translations checking while apt-get update?

I want only English. How to safely remove other language translations?

You can change the download server in the Software center -> Software Sources -> Download from. Select "other" and then "Select Best Server". This might help a bit. — lumbric, May 06 '12 at 07:22
This question may have been addressed here: How can I remove the Translation entries in apt? and may be considered a duplicate. — , May 07 '12 at 07:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Take a look at the answers to this question:
How can I get apt to use a mirror close to me, or choose a faster mirror?

I use the recommendation from an answer to that question to add the two lines below to the top of /etc/apt/sources.list. This is supposed to encourage the update process to automatically pick a download mirror with better performance. I think it helps.

deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse

Note: The lines above are meant to used with the /etc/apt/sources.list for 12.04 (Precise Pangolin). For earlier releases replace precise with the release's corresponding codename.

Lucid (10.04), Maverick (10.10), Natty (11.04), Oneiric (11.10)

How to reduce time in apt-get update?

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