How to speed up slow apt-get install on Debian or Ubuntu

Posted by xmodulo on Oct 31, 2013 12:11 PM EDT
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If you feel that package installation by apt-get or aptitude is often too slow on your Debian or Ubuntu system, there are several ways to improve the situation. One option is to use apt-fast, which is actually a shell script wrapper written around apt-get and aptitude, and can accelerate package download speed.

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My own contribution to apt download efficiency Bob_Robertson 0 1,336 Oct 31, 2013 12:52 PM

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