为Linux配置apt-get的更新源

首先按Ctrl + Alt + T启动终端，然后将系统当前的更新源设置文件备份一下。命令如下：

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

这样就备份了一个名称为sources.list.backup的文件，以后还可以再换回来。然后使用系统自带的gedit编辑更新源的设置文件：

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

删掉文件中的所有内容，替换为以下文本：

deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

这是国内的163镜像站点，速度非常快。其实我也不清楚它是否存在更新延迟的问题。保存文件并退出gedit之后，再次运行sudo apt-get update命令，一般就不会再失败了。