View tutorial 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.
Last edited by cariboo; April 28th, 2013 at 04:51 AM. Reason: Normalize font formatting to make the post easier to read
See apt-fast : A Bash Script to Speed Things Along
have used, as long as you remember to use the command it is quick
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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
Meh, apt-fast just seems to 1 ms faster than apt-get.
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