How to use multiple connections to speed up apt-get/apt on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS server
by VIVEK GITE on JULY 26, 2016 last updated JULY 27, 2016
in LINUX, PACKAGE MANAGEMENT, UBUNTU LINUX
How do I speed up my apt-get or apt command to download packages from multiple repos on a Ubuntu Linux 16.04 or 14.04 LTS server?
You need to use apt-fast shell script wrapper. It should speed up apt-get command/apt command and aptitude command by downloading packages with multiple connections per package. All packages are downloaded simultaneously in parallel. It uses aria2c as default download accelerator.
Install apt-fast tool
Type the following command on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 and later versions: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saiarcot895/myppa Sample outputs:
Update your repo: $ sudo apt-get update OR $ sudo apt update Sample outputs:
Install apt-fast shell wrapper: $ sudo apt-get -y install apt-fast OR $ sudo apt -y install apt-fast Sample outputs:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: aria2 libc-ares2 libssh2-1 Suggested packages: aptitude The following NEW packages will be installed: apt-fast aria2 libc-ares2 libssh2-1 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,282 kB of archives. After this operation, 4,786 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://01.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libssh2-1 amd64 1.5.0-2 [70.3 kB] Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saiarcot895/myppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 apt-fast all 1.8.3~137+git7b72bb7-0ubuntu1~ppa3~xenial1 [34.4 kB] Get:3 http://01.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libc-ares2 amd64 1.10.0-3 [33.9 kB] Get:4 http://01.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 aria2 amd64 1.19.0-1build1 [1,143 kB] 54% [4 aria2 486 kB/1,143 kB 42%] 20.4 kB/s 32s
Configure apt-fast
You will be prompted as follows (a value between 5 and 16 must be entered):
Fig.03: Set maximum number of connections
And:
Fig.04: Yes suppress apt- fast download confirmation
You can edit settings directly too: $ sudo vi /etc/apt-fast.conf
Please note that this tool is not for slow network connections; it is for fast network connections. If you have a slow connection to the Internet, you are not going to benefit by this tool.
How do I use apt-fast command?
The syntax is: apt-fast command apt-fast [options] command
To retrieve new lists of packages using apt-fast
sudo apt-fast update
To perform an upgrade using apt-fast
sudo apt-fast upgrade To perform distribution upgrade (release or force kernel upgrade), enter: $ sudo apt-fast dist-upgrade
To install new packages
The syntax is: sudo apt-fast install pkg For example, install nginx package, enter: $ sudo apt-fast install nginx Sample outputs:
To remove packages
$ sudo apt-fast remove pkg $ sudo apt-fast remove nginx
To remove packages and its config files too
$ sudo apt-fast purge pkg $ sudo apt-fast purge nginx To remove automatically all unused packages, enter: $ sudo apt-fast autoremove
To Download source archives
$ sudo apt-fast source pkgNameHere
To erase downloaded archive files
$ sudo apt-fast clean To erase old downloaded archive files $ sudo apt-fast autoclean
To verify that there are no broken dependencies
$ sudo apt-fast check
To download the binary package into the current directory
$ sudo apt-fast download pkgNameHere $ sudo apt-fast download nginx Sample outputs:
[#7bee0c 0B/0B CN:1 DL:0B] 07/26 15:35:42 [NOTICE] Verification finished successfully. file=/home/vivek/nginx_1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_all.deb 07/26 15:35:42 [NOTICE] Download complete: /home/vivek/nginx_1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_all.deb Download Results: gid |stat|avg speed |path/URI ======+====+===========+======================================================= 7bee0c|OK | n/a|/home/vivek/nginx_1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_all.deb Status Legend: (OK):download completed.
To download and display the changelog for the given package
$ sudo apt-fast changelog pkgNameHere $ sudo apt-fast changelog nginx
