Is there any way to speed up apt-get ?

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:20:57 +1100, Adam Membrey
<membreya at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Using apt-get I'm only getting speeds of about 100kb/s, normally via the
> web I can get speeds of up to 700 - 800
> 
> Is there any way to speed up this system?

Wow. 700-800 Kilobytes/sec? Or do you mean kilobits? On my cable-modem
connection at home I'm happy with 100-130KB/sec. I'm assuming you're
at a company with a fibre connection or something.

Regardless, you're probably limited by what's on the *other* end. If
you need to update multiple computers, maybe take a look at
http://apt-proxy.sourceforge.net/. At least the *subsequent* fetches
of the same packages will be faster.

-Eamonn