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Shiggitah
August 7th, 2012, 02:43 AM
So i downloaded this new thing called "apt-fast." It runs in terminal just like "apt-get" but it uses multiple connections to increase package downloads. I was curious if anyone has used this and was also curious if there was a way to either create a symbolic link or bind the apt-fast command to the apt-get command so it will always use the fast one.

vasa1
August 7th, 2012, 03:22 AM
So i downloaded this new thing called "apt-fast." It runs in terminal just like "apt-get" but it uses multiple connections to increase package downloads. I was curious if anyone has used this and was also curious if there was a way to either create a symbolic link or bind the apt-fast command to the apt-get command so it will always use the fast one.

As for the part in bold, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=818619.

z3nhakr
August 7th, 2012, 03:24 AM
iv'e never heard of that but all you would have to do is swap out the binaries in either bin or usr/bin but i wouldnt recomend it because to the best of my knowledge softwarecenter and some other programs rely on apt.

Shiggitah
August 7th, 2012, 03:43 AM
As for the part in bold, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=818619.
^^^ my bad. :(


i didnt think about the software center needing that. but holy junk is that apt-fast rediculously fast. lol.

vasa1
August 7th, 2012, 04:03 AM
... is that apt-fast rediculously fast. lol.
It's good for those of us with slow speeds. Those with fast connections won't notice much of a difference.
Plus, it seems to improve only the "upgrade" part and not the "update" part.

And, as zenhacker suggests, just keep things separate :)