apt-get update failure

[NoOp]

On 08/03/2014 10:22 PM, feora wrote:
> 
> Hi, Colin
>     I have checked apt.conf , I clear it.  but problem still exist.
> can't update
> 
> 
> At 2014-08-03 05:10:13, "Colin Law" <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 3 August 2014 06:19, feora <studyfordo at 163.com> wrote:
>>> HI, guys
>>>      os: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
>>>     I can't install any software via apt-get. The following is details
>>>        Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe iotop amd64
>>> 0.6-1
>>>   Could not connect to 58.247.178.239:8081 (58.247.178.239), connection
>>> timed out
>>
>>What do you see if you run, in a terminal
>>ping archive.ubuntu.com
>>
>>Also, have you set that ip as a proxy for apt-get?  See
>>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto#Setting_up_apt-get_to_use_a_http-proxy
>>
>>Colin

Try a different Chinese mirror:
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors>
(see the mirrors listed under China)
For instance, the NetEase (your provider) mirror is:
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/mirrors.163.com-archive>
http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/