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My desktop PCs use English only and are NOT handheld devices ever. So how do I stop getting updates for "Language selector for Ubuntu" and "Handheld device font with extensive style and language support" ?

It is becoming annoying having to do so many updates and wasting so much bandwidth on stuff I will never want.

Is there a distro that contains a functioning desktop and Ubuntu Software Centre and nothing else? Maybe an installation menu that you can tick the things you need, rather than the "here's everything you could possibly ever need" approach.

user1490332
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Here ya go; http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/01/quicktips-stop-apt-downloading-translations-indexes/

1) Edit (or create) a file called /etc/apt/apt.conf sudo vi /etc/apt/apt.conf Then add the following directive; Acquire { Languages "none"; };

2) Remove any existing “i18n” files from /var/lib/apt/lists/ cd /var/lib/apt/lists

Now, you have a choice; one or the other of the following;

A) The safer method; sudo rm -i i18n The system will ask for confirmation for each file you wish to delete – there may be quite a lot of these :)

B) The time-saving but be careful how you type this one method; sudo rm i18n

Now if you perform an apt-get update, or update via aptitude or synaptic, your system should no longer try do download the Translation Indexes.

This works for me on Debian and Ubuntu.

Jimmy
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