Apt-fast and Axel: Faster apt-get Installations and Upgrades
Apt-fast script that combines the power of the axel download manager with the stability of apt-get.
Install axel in ubuntu
First you need to install axel in ubuntu using the following comamnd from your terminal
sudo apt-get install axel
Now you need to download apt-fast script from here.Then, just place the script somewhere (/usr/bin or /usr/sbin is ideal), rename it to apt-fast (without the .sh extension)
sudo mv apt-fast.sh apt-fast
now you need to change the permissions to downloaded script
sudo chmod +x apt-fast
Using apt-fast
Once done, just use it like apt-get. To install a single package, make sure your database is up to date (apt-fast update), and run apt-fast install packagenamehere. Watch it download with incredible speed, and install your requested packages. To upgrade or dist-upgrade, do the same thing. Just use apt-fast dist-upgrade or apt-fast upgrade.
Should your download stall for any number of reasons, you'll need to do an apt-fast clean.
i’m use apt-fast and prozilla 🙂
Wow, ultimately got a method to update the system downloading upgrades in multi-segments
Thanks a million to developer…
This is missing just one thing; downloading multiple files at the same time! both apt-get and aptitude do this automatically if the files are from two different servers…
anyway… this can’t be good for the Ubuntu servers (or any other server)
yes i use that in past
sometimes its stop and don’t complete the download
sorry i forget
and its start download before ask you if you want or don’t
pls, how can i remove this? im getting some errors messages anytime i try to use synaptic, software center or update manager…
@Dare Davids
Google your errors, I’m 100% sure that they have nothing to do with apt-fast
Anyway.. to remove this all you need to do is the following:
sudo find / -name “apt-fast*” -type f -exec rm {} \;
Do this at your own risk