How to speed up package updates using apt-fast

[tslocum]

View tutorial (http://notblog.org/faster-updates-with-apt-fast/)

apt-fast downloads repositories (package sources) and packages in parallel, which can greatly shorten the time it takes to update a system. In contrast, the default package manager (apt-get or aptitude) downloads repositories and packages sequentially. The tutorial linked above explains how to install and configure the tool.

[vasa1]

See apt-fast : A Bash Script to Speed Things Along (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=818619&highlight=apt-fast)

[goldshirt9]

have used, as long as you remember to use the command it is quick

[Lasall]

Hi,

as a maintainer of apt-fast there is to clarify that APT (apt-get/aptitude/etc.) already uses multiple connections to download packages (if the Acquire::Queue-Mode "host"; option is enabled - which is the default behavior). This will download packages simultaneously from multiple servers but only one package per server. The improvement of apt-fast (actually the download helper aria2) is to download multiple packages in parallel from a single server.

Btw.: Why to use aptitude over apt-get especially on Debian? (Sorry couldn't resist ;) .)

Regards
Lasall

[codingman]

Meh, apt-fast just seems to 1 ms faster than apt-get.