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apt-fast is a very nice wrapper for apt-get / aptitude that uses aria2c to download packages MUCH faster. (It also automatically calls itself with sudo if you w
by AnthonBerg 11y ago
apt-fast is a very nice wrapper for apt-get / aptitude that uses aria2c to download packages MUCH faster. (It also automatically calls itself with sudo if you wish, i.e. automatically requests the sudo password if needed.)
https://github.com/ilikenwf/apt-fast https://github.com/ilikenwf/apt-fast
- voltagex_ 11y agoI wish it was written as an apt-method, or even a replacement for /var/lib/methods/http. I suspect the lack of documentation for apt methods has made this unlikely.
- AnthonBerg 11y agoThe Debian base is in many respects beautiful, but it also seems quite fossilized and rigid to me.
- dTal 11y agoDebian do not like like such things as it puts pressure on the mirrors: https://lists.debian.org/deity/2015/08/msg00379.html https://lists.debian.org/deity/2015/08/msg00379.html The message mentions "httpredir.debian.org" as a "good and nice quasi-replacement". I use it myself - it also results in pleasingly speedy apt downloads, and has the additional advantages of official support and requiring no setup beyond a line in sources.lst. I'm not going to try this, but it seems to me that apt-fast and http-redir could be combined. I wonder how fast that would go...