How can I update Ubuntu if the update servers are blocked?

Posted by Yasser Hussain on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Yasser Hussain
Published on 2012-07-03T12:38:51Z Indexed on 2012/07/05 21:24 UTC
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I connect to the Internet through my college wifi and for some weird reason they have blocked all Ubuntu updates, so I cannot update Ubuntu through the common "Update Manager" way.

So I was wondering if there was some other method to update Ubuntu, maybe manually download each package and then install them or download a DVD image which already has all the packages.

I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed currently.

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